Harnessing the power of model organisms to unravel microbial functions in the coral holobiont

G Puntin, M Sweet, S Fraune, M Medina… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Stony corals build the framework of coral reefs, ecosystems of immense ecological and
economic importance. The existence of these ecosystems is threatened by climate change …

Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms

J Helgoe, SK Davy, VM Weis… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis is the engine that underpins the success of
coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, the breakdown of …

Patterns, dynamics and consequences of microplastic ingestion by the temperate coral, Astrangia poculata

RD Rotjan, KH Sharp, AE Gauthier… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Microplastics (less than 5 mm) are a recognized threat to aquatic food webs because they
are ingested at multiple trophic levels and may bioaccumulate. In urban coastal …

Symbiosis maintenance in the facultative coral, Oculina arbuscula, relies on nitrogen cycling, cell cycle modulation, and immunity

HE Rivera, SW Davies - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Symbiosis with unicellular algae in the family Symbiodiniaceae is common across tropical
marine invertebrates. Reef-building corals offer a clear example of cellular dysfunction …

Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems

LGE Wilkins, M Leray, A O'Dea, B Yuen… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The significance of symbioses between eukaryotic hosts and microbes extends from the
organismal to the ecosystem level and underpins the health of Earth's most threatened …

Temperature-induced annual variation in microbial community changes and resulting metabolome shifts in a controlled fermentation system

S Wang, W Xiong, Y Wang, Y Nie, Q Wu, Y Xu… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
We are rapidly increasing our understanding on the spatial distribution of microbial
communities. However, microbial functioning, as well as temporal differences and …

Rapid Shifts in Bacterial Communities and Homogeneity of Symbiodiniaceae in Colonies of Pocillopora acuta Transplanted Between Reef and Mangrove …

TD Haydon, JR Seymour, JB Raina… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It has been proposed that an effective approach for predicting whether and how reef-forming
corals persist under future climate change is to examine populations thriving in present day …

Modeling of the coral microbiome: the influence of temperature and microbial network

LFO Lima, M Weissman, M Reed, B Papudeshi… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Host-associated microbial communities are shaped by extrinsic and intrinsic factors to the
holobiont organism. Environmental factors and microbe-microbe interactions act …

Help me, symbionts, you're my only hope: Approaches to accelerate our understanding of coral holobiont interactions

CB Bove, MV Ingersoll… - … and Comparative Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Tropical corals construct the three-dimensional framework for one of the most diverse
ecosystems on the planet, providing habitat to a plethora of species across taxa. However …

Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host–microbe ecology and evolution

M Leray, LGE Wilkins, A Apprill, HM Bik, F Clever… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Marine multicellular organisms host a diverse collection of bacteria, archaea, microbial
eukaryotes, and viruses that form their microbiome. Such host-associated microbes can …