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 …

Facultative lifestyle drives diversity of coral algal symbionts

D Bhattacharya, TG Stephens, EE Chille… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
The photosynthetic symbionts of corals sustain biodiverse reefs in nutrient-poor, tropical
waters. Recent genomic data illuminate the evolution of coral symbionts under genome size …

Thermotolerant coral–algal mutualisms maintain high rates of nutrient transfer while exposed to heat stress

DW Kemp, KD Hoadley, AM Lewis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Symbiotic mutualisms are essential to ecosystems and numerous species across the tree of
life. For reef-building corals, the benefits of their association with endosymbiotic …

Disparate population and holobiont structure of pocilloporid corals across the Red Sea gradient demonstrate species‐specific evolutionary trajectories

C Buitrago‐López, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global habitat degradation heightens the need to better understand patterns of genetic
connectivity and diversity of marine biota across geographical ranges to guide conservation …

Help me, symbionts, you're my only hope: Approaches to accelerate our understanding of coral holobiont interactions

CB Bove, MV Ingersoll… - … and Comparative Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Tropical corals construct the three-dimensional framework for one of the most diverse
ecosystems on the planet, providing habitat to a plethora of species across taxa. However …

Breeding and Selecting Corals Resilient to Global Warming

KM Quigley - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Selective breeding of resilient organisms is an emerging topic in marine conservation. It can
help us predict how species will adapt in the future and how we can help restore struggling …

Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins

LI Howe-Kerr, AM Knochel, MD Meyer… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Filamentous viruses are hypothesized to play a role in stony coral tissue loss disease
(SCTLD) through infection of the endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Family Symbiodiniaceae) of …

Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation

CGB Grupstra, M Gómez-Corrales, JE Fifer… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how diversity evolves and is maintained is critical to predicting the future
trajectories of ecosystems under climate change; however, our understanding of these …

Lineage-specific symbionts mediate differential coral responses to thermal stress

C Wang, X Zheng, H Kvitt, H Sheng, D Sun, G Niu… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Ocean warming is a leading cause of increasing episodes of coral bleaching,
the dissociation between coral hosts and their dinoflagellate algal symbionts in the family …

[HTML][HTML] Stony coral tissue loss disease: a review of emergence, impacts, etiology, diagnostics, and intervention

E Papke, A Carreiro, C Dennison… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is destructive and poses a significant threat to
Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Characterized by the acute loss of coral tissue, SCTLD …