Microbial interactions with dissolved organic matter are central to coral reef ecosystem function and resilience

CE Nelson, L Wegley Kelly… - Annual Review of Marine …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
To thrive in nutrient-poor waters, coral reefs must retain and recycle materials efficiently. This
review centers microbial processes in facilitating the persistence and stability of coral reefs …

Greenhouse gas emissions from salt-affected soils: Mechanistic understanding of interplay factors and reclamation approaches

RK Fagodiya, SK Malyan, D Singh, A Kumar, RK Yadav… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salt-affected soils contain high levels of soluble salts (saline soil) and exchangeable sodium
(alkali soil). Globally, about 932 million ha (Mha), including 831 Mha of agricultural land, is …

Partitioning of the denitrification pathway and other nitrite metabolisms within global oxygen deficient zones

IH Zhang, X Sun, A Jayakumar, SG Fortin… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Oxygen deficient zones (ODZs) account for about 30% of total oceanic fixed nitrogen loss via
processes including denitrification, a microbially mediated pathway proceeding stepwise …

Community structure of coral microbiomes is dependent on host morphology

KM Morrow, MS Pankey, MP Lesser - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The importance of symbiosis has long been recognized on coral reefs, where
the photosynthetic dinoflagellates of corals (Symbiodiniaceae) are the primary symbiont …

Denitrifying bacteria respond to and shape microscale gradients within particulate matrices

S Smriga, D Ciccarese, AR Babbin - Communications Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Heterotrophic denitrification enables facultative anaerobes to continue growing even when
limited by oxygen (O2) availability. Particles in particular provide physical matrices …

Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis

H Domin, J Zimmermann, J Taubenheim… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background The microbiota of multicellular organisms undergoes considerable changes
during host ontogeny but the general mechanisms that control community assembly and …

How Symbiodiniaceae meets the challenges of life during coral bleaching

J Jiang, A Wang, X Deng, W Zhou, Q Gan, Y Lu - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Coral health depends on a fragile partnership between the coral hosts and the
endosymbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts. Sequence-level omics techniques are …

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 …

Holobiont nitrogen control and its potential for eutrophication resistance in an obligate photosymbiotic jellyfish

T Röthig, G Puntin, JCY Wong, A Burian, W McLeod… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Marine holobionts depend on microbial members for health and nutrient
cycling. This is particularly evident in cnidarian-algae symbioses that facilitate energy and …

Nitrite accumulation and anammox bacterial niche partitioning in Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge sediments

R Zhao, AR Babbin, DL Roerdink… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
By consuming ammonium and nitrite, anammox bacteria form an important functional guild
in nitrogen cycling in many environments, including marine sediments. However, their …