The symbiotic association between the coral animal and its endosymbiotic dinoflagellate
partner Symbiodinium is central to the success of corals. However, an array of other …

Corals are fundamental ecosystem engineers, creating large, intricate reefs that support
diverse and abundant marine life. At the core of a healthy coral animal is a dynamic …

Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex neurobiological disorders that
impair social interactions and communication and lead to restricted, repetitive, and …

Scleractinian corals' microbial symbionts influence host health, yet how coral microbiomes
assembled over evolution is not well understood. We survey bacterial and archaeal …

Microbial viruses can control host abundances via density-dependent lytic predator–prey
dynamics. Less clear is how temperate viruses, which coexist and replicate with their host …

At the current rate of climate change, it is unlikely that multicellular organisms will be able to
adapt to changing environmental conditions through genetic recombination and natural …

Background Microbiome manipulation could enhance heat tolerance and help corals
survive the pressures of ocean warming. We conducted coral microbiome transplantation …

Corals are animals that form close mutualistic associations with endosymbiotic
photosynthetic algae of the genus Symbiodinium. Together they provide the calcium …

Indigenous microbiota play a critical role in the lives of their vertebrate hosts. In human and
mouse models it is increasingly clear that innate and adaptive immunity develop in close …

The microbial contribution to ecological resilience is still largely overlooked in coral reef
ecology. Coral-associated bacteria serve a wide variety of functional roles with reference to …