The coral microbiome: Towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions

AR Mohamed, MA Ochsenkühn… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms,
some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against …

A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?

J Maire, MJH van Oppen - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
Coral reefs are rapidly declining because of widespread mass coral bleaching causing
extensive coral mortality. Elevated seawater temperatures are the main drivers of coral …

Intracellular bacteria are common and taxonomically diverse in cultured and in hospite algal endosymbionts of coral reefs

J Maire, SK Girvan, SE Barkla… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Corals house a variety of microorganisms which they depend on for their survival, including
endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) and bacteria. While cnidarian …

Genomic exploration of coral-associated bacteria: identifying probiotic candidates to increase coral bleaching resilience in Galaxea fascicularis

T Doering, K Tandon, SH Topa, SJ Pidot, LL Blackall… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Reef-building corals are acutely threatened by ocean warming, calling for
active interventions to reduce coral bleaching and mortality. Corals associate with a wide …

The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world

CR Voolstra, JB Raina, M Dörr, A Cárdenas… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Development of a free radical scavenging bacterial consortium to mitigate oxidative stress in cnidarians

AM Dungan, D Bulach, H Lin… - Microbial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corals are colonized by symbiotic microorganisms that profoundly influence the animal's
health. One noted symbiont is a single‐celled alga (in the dinoflagellate family …

Microbiome-mediated mechanisms contributing to the environmental tolerance of reef invertebrate species

E Marangon, PW Laffy, DG Bourne, NS Webster - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Coral reefs globally are increasingly impacted by climate change. High temperature and p
CO2 levels disrupt multiple physiological and biochemical pathways in marine organisms …

Intracellular bacterial symbionts in corals: Challenges and future directions

J Maire, LL Blackall, MJH van Oppen - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Corals are the main primary producers of coral reefs and build the three-dimensional reef
structure that provides habitat to more than 25% of all marine eukaryotes. They harbor a …

Lack of evidence for the oxidative stress theory of bleaching in the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, under elevated temperature

AM Dungan, J Maire, A Perez-Gonzalez, LL Blackall… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
To survive in nutrient-poor waters corals rely on a symbiotic association with intracellular
microalgae. However, increased sea temperatures cause algal loss—known as coral …

Long-Term Heat Selection of the Coral Endosymbiont Cladocopium C1acro (Symbiodiniaceae) Stabilizes Associated Bacterial Communities

P Buerger, RT Vanstone, J Maire… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heat-tolerant strains of the coral endosymbiont, Cladocopium C1acro (Symbiodiniaceae),
have previously been developed via experimental evolution. Here, we examine …