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 …

Enriching the future of public health microbiology with hybridization bait capture

MS Beaudry, MIU Bhuiyan… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Public health microbiology focuses on microorganisms and infectious agents that impact
human health. For years, this field has relied on culture or molecular methods to investigate …

Insights into the cultured bacterial fraction of corals

M Sweet, H Villela, T Keller-Costa, R Costa… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria associated with coral hosts are diverse and abundant, with recent studies
suggesting involvement of these symbionts in host resilience to anthropogenic stress …

Short-term heat stress assays resolve effects of host strain, repeat stress, and bacterial inoculation on Aiptasia thermal tolerance phenotypes

M Dörr, J Denger, CS Maier, JV Kirsch, H Manns… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
The ongoing loss of corals and their reef ecosystems hastens the need to develop
approaches that mitigate the impacts of climate change. Given the strong reliance of corals …

Microbiome community and complexity indicate environmental gradient acclimatisation and potential microbial interaction of endemic coral holobionts in the South …

B Chen, K Yu, Z Liao, X Yu, Z Qin, J Liang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Regional acclimatisation and microbial interactions significantly influence the resilience of
reef-building corals facing anthropogenic climate change, allowing them to adapt to …

The effect of thermal stress on the physiology and bacterial communities of two key Mediterranean gorgonians

R Tignat-Perrier, JAJM van de Water… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Gorgonians are important habitat-providing species in the Mediterranean Sea, but their
populations are declining due to microbial diseases and repeated mass mortality events …

Exploring the potential molecular mechanisms of interactions between a probiotic consortium and its coral host

PM Rosado, PM Cardoso, JG Rosado, J Schultz… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) have been demonstrated to be effective
probiotics to alleviate bleaching and mitigate coral mortality in vivo. The selection of putative …

Microbiome Restructuring: Dominant Coral Bacterium Endozoicomonas Species Respond Differentially to Environmental Changes

K Tandon, YJ Chiou, SP Yu, HJ Hsieh, CY Lu, MT Hsu… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria in the coral microbiome play a crucial role in determining coral health and fitness,
and the coral host often restructures its microbiome composition in response to external …

Bacterial communities associated with corals out-planted on the Great Barrier Reef are inherently dynamic over space and time

P Strudwick, J Seymour, EF Camp, C Roper… - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
Coral propagation and out-planting are becoming commonly adopted as part of reef
stewardship strategies aimed at improving reef resilience through enhanced natural …

Hawaiian coral holobionts reveal algal and prokaryotic host specificity, intraspecific variability in bleaching resistance, and common interspecific microbial consortia …

L Núñez-Pons, R Cunning, CE Nelson… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Historically, Hawai 'i had few massive coral bleaching events, until two consecutive
heatwaves in 2014–2015. Consequent mortality and thermal stress were observed in Kāne …