Marine actinomycetes associated with stony corals: A potential hotspot for specialized metabolites

G Siro, A Pipite, K Christi, S Srinivasan, R Subramani - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial secondary metabolites are an important source of antibiotics currently available for
combating drug-resistant pathogens. These important secondary metabolites are produced …

Probiotics for coral aquaculture: challenges and considerations

C Thatcher, L Høj, DG Bourne - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Large-scale coral aquaculture is required to provide stock for reef restoration
efforts and the growing coral aquarium trade.•Probiotics can aid coral aquaculture through …

The core mangrove microbiome reveals shared taxa potentially involved in nutrient cycling and promoting host survival

BJ Wainwright, T Millar, L Bowen, L Semon… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Microbes have fundamental roles underpinning the functioning of our planet,
they are involved in global carbon and nutrient cycling, and support the existence of …

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 …

Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta

ES Botté, NE Cantin, VJL Mocellin, PA O'Brien… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by heat stress events leading to coral bleaching. In
2016, a mass bleaching event affected large parts of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Whilst …

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 …

Coral and seawater metagenomes reveal key microbial functions to coral health and ecosystem functioning shaped at reef scale

LFO Lima, AT Alker, B Papudeshi, MM Morris… - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
The coral holobiont is comprised of a highly diverse microbial community that provides key
services to corals such as protection against pathogens and nutrient cycling. The coral …

A genome-centric view of the role of the Acropora kenti microbiome in coral health and resilience

LF Messer, DG Bourne, SJ Robbins, M Clay… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microbial diversity has been extensively explored in reef-building corals. However, the
functional roles of coral-associated microorganisms remain poorly elucidated. Here, we …

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 …

Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts

AM Reigel, ME Hellberg - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2023 - int-res.com
Corals harbor a complex suite of beneficial microbial symbionts. Shuffling the composition of
these symbionts could, in theory, help the host withstand rapidly emerging or geographically …