Coral—the world's most diverse symbiotic ecosystem

LL Blackall, B Wilson, MJH Van Oppen - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Zooxanthellate corals (ie those harbouring Symbiodinium) are the main builders of the
world's shallow‐water marine coral reefs. They represent intimate diverse symbioses …

Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs

AS Hoey, E Howells, JL Johansen, JPA Hobbs… - Diversity, 2016 - mdpi.com
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the persistence of coral reefs. Sustained and
ongoing increases in ocean temperatures and acidification are altering the structure and …

Stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida is associated with disruption of host–zooxanthellae physiology

JH Landsberg, Y Kiryu, EC Peters… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Samples from eight species of corals (Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Diploria
labyrinthiformis, Meandrina meandrites, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella faveolata …

Coral bleaching from a single cell perspective

DA Nielsen, K Petrou, RD Gates - The ISME journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Ocean warming is resulting in increased occurrence of mass coral bleaching; a response in
which the intracellular algal endosymbionts (Symbiodinium sp.) are expelled from the coral …

Whole transcriptome analysis reveals changes in expression of immune-related genes during and after bleaching in a reef-building coral

JH Pinzón, B Kamel, CA Burge… - Royal Society …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change is negatively affecting the stability of natural ecosystems, especially coral
reefs. The dissociation of the symbiosis between reef-building corals and their algal …

Rapid thermal adaptation in photosymbionts of reef‐building corals

LJ Chakravarti, VH Beltran… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is occurring at a rate not experienced by life on Earth for 10 s of millions of
years, and it is unknown whether the coral‐dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium spp.) symbiosis …

Sex, Scavengers, and Chaperones: Transcriptome Secrets of Divergent Symbiodinium Thermal Tolerances

RA Levin, VH Beltran, R Hill, S Kjelleberg… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Corals rely on photosynthesis by their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) to
form the basis of tropical coral reefs. High sea surface temperatures driven by climate …

Symbiodiniaceae photophysiology and stress resilience is enhanced by microbial associations

JL Matthews, L Hoch, JB Raina, M Pablo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Symbiodiniaceae form associations with extra-and intracellular bacterial symbionts, both in
culture and in symbiosis with corals. Bacterial associates can regulate Symbiodiniaceae …

Tenacious D: Symbiodinium in clade D remain in reef corals at both high and low temperature extremes despite impairment

RN Silverstein, R Cunning… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Reef corals are sensitive to thermal stress, which induces coral bleaching (the loss of algal
symbionts), often leading to coral mortality. However, corals hosting certain symbionts …

Partner switching and metabolic flux in a model cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

JL Matthews, CA Oakley, A Lutz… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Metabolite exchange is fundamental to the viability of the cnidarian–Symbiodiniaceae
symbiosis and survival of coral reefs. Coral holobiont tolerance to environmental change …