Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

MJ Neave, A Apprill, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Endozoicomonas bacteria are emerging as extremely diverse and flexible symbionts of
numerous marine hosts inhabiting oceans worldwide. Their hosts range from simple …

Microbial community shifts associated with the ongoing stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak on the Florida Reef Tract

JL Meyer, J Castellanos-Gell, GS Aeby… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As many as 22 of the 45 coral species on the Florida Reef Tract are currently affected by
stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). The ongoing disease outbreak was first observed …

Evolutionary “experiments” in symbiosis: the study of model animals provides insights into the mechanisms underlying the diversity of host–microbe interactions

TCG Bosch, K Guillemin, M McFall‐Ngai - BioEssays, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Current work in experimental biology revolves around a handful of animal species. Studying
only a few organisms limits science to the answers that those organisms can provide. Nature …

Distinct Bacterial Communities Associated with the Coral Model Aiptasia in Aposymbiotic and Symbiotic States with Symbiodinium

T Röthig, RM Costa, F Simona… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are in decline. The basic functional unit of coral reefs is the coral metaorganism
or holobiont consisting of the cnidarian host animal, symbiotic algae of the genus …

The hologenome across environments and the implications of a host-associated microbial repertoire

TJ Carrier, AM Reitzel - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Our understanding of the diverse interactions between hosts and microbes has grown
profoundly over the past two decades and, as a product, has revolutionized our knowledge …

Surface topography, bacterial carrying capacity, and the prospect of microbiome manipulation in the sea anemone coral model Aiptasia

RM Costa, A Cárdenas, C Loussert-Fonta… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aiptasia is an emerging model organism to study cnidarian symbioses due to its taxonomic
relatedness to other anthozoans such as stony corals and similarities of its microalgal and …

Corals and sponges under the light of the holobiont concept: how microbiomes underpin our understanding of marine ecosystems

C Stévenne, M Micha, JC Plumier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the past 20 years, a new concept has slowly emerged and expanded to various domains
of marine biology research: the holobiont. A holobiont describes the consortium formed by a …

Novel methods to establish whole-body primary cell cultures for the cnidarians Nematostella vectensis and Pocillopora damicornis

JD Nowotny, MT Connelly, N Traylor-Knowles - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cnidarians are emerging model organisms for cell and molecular biology research.
However, successful cell culture development has been challenging due to incomplete …

Coral–microbe interactions: their importance to reef function and survival

C Tran - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Many different microorganisms associate with the coral host in a single entity known as the
holobiont, and their interactions with the host contribute to coral health, thereby making them …

Betaproteobacteria are predominant in drinking water: are there reasons for concern?

P Ferro, I Vaz-Moreira, CM Manaia - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Betaproteobacteria include some of the most abundant and ubiquitous bacterial genera that
can be found in drinking water, including mineral water. The combination of physiology and …