The microbial contribution to ecological resilience is still largely overlooked in coral reef
ecology. Coral-associated bacteria serve a wide variety of functional roles with reference to …

In the last two decades, genetic and genomic studies have revealed the astonishing
diversity and ubiquity of microorganisms. Emergence and expansion of the human …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an essential tool for reversing the global degradation of
ocean life. Hence, it is important to know which types of MPAs are more effective, and under …

Microbial viruses can control host abundances via density-dependent lytic predator–prey
dynamics. Less clear is how temperate viruses, which coexist and replicate with their host …

Nutrient loading is one of the strongest drivers of marine habitat degradation. Yet, the link
between nutrients and disease epizootics in marine organisms is often tenuous and …

Background Coral reefs are facing unprecedented pressure on local and global scales.
Sensitive and rapid markers for ecosystem stress are urgently needed to underpin effective …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Motivation: Metagenomics is the study of genetic material recovered directly from
environmental samples. Taxonomic and functional differences between metagenomic …

Most riboswitches are metabolite-binding RNA structures located in bacterial messenger
RNAs where they control gene expression. We have discovered a riboswitch class in many …

Because it appears that almost all organisms are part of an interdependent metaorganism,
an understanding of the underlying host–microbe species associations, and of evolution and …