Zooxanthellate corals (ie those harbouring Symbiodinium) are the main builders of the
world's shallow‐water marine coral reefs. They represent intimate diverse symbioses …

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 …

Symbiotic interactions occur in all domains of life, providing organisms with resources to
adapt to new habitats. A prime example is the endosymbiosis between corals and …

It has long been recognized that a suite of proteins exists in coral skeletons that is critical for
the oriented precipitation of calcium carbonate crystals, yet these proteins remain poorly …

Hard, or stony, corals make rocks that can, on geological time scales, lead to the formation of
massive reefs in shallow tropical and subtropical seas. In both historical and contemporary …

Coral reefs, and the unique ecosystems they support, are facing severe threats by human
activities and climate change. Our understanding of these threats is hampered by the lack of …

Biomineralization is a widely dispersed and highly regulated but poorly understood process
by which organisms precipitate minerals from a wide variety of elements [1]. For many years …

Cold-water corals are associated with high local biodiversity, but despite their importance as
ecosystem engineers, little is known about how these organisms will respond to projected …

In the recent years several papers and some reviews have dealt with characterization,
localization and influence on the precipitation of calcium carbonate, of the organic matrix …

Calcium carbonate minerals, such as aragonite and calcite, are widespread in biomineral
skeletons, shells, exoskeletons, and more. With rapidly increasing p CO2 levels linked to …