[HTML][HTML] Defining coral bleaching as a microbial dysbiosis within the coral holobiont

A Boilard, CE Dubé, C Gruet, A Mercière… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral microbiomes are critical to holobiont health and functioning, but the stability of host–
microbial interactions is fragile, easily shifting from eubiosis to dysbiosis. The heat-induced …

An updated synthesis of the observed and projected impacts of climate change on the chemical, physical and biological processes in the oceans

EL Howes, F Joos, CM Eakin… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) states with very high certainty that anthropogenic emissions have caused …

Mucus Sugar Content Shapes the Bacterial Community Structure in Thermally Stressed Acropora muricata

STM Lee, SK Davy, SL Tang, PS Kench - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
It has been proposed that the chemical composition of a coral's mucus can influence the
associated bacterial community. However, information on this topic is rare, and non-existent …

How does the coral microbiome cause, respond to, or modulate the bleaching process?

KM Morrow, E Muller, MP Lesser - Coral bleaching: Patterns, processes …, 2018 - Springer
Corals holobionts are formed by a dynamic multipartite symbiosis with intracellular
photoautotrophs in the genus Symbiodinium and a consortium of other microbes that include …

Common Caribbean corals exhibit highly variable responses to future acidification and warming

CB Bove, JB Ries, SW Davies… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We conducted a 93-day experiment investigating the independent and combined effects of
acidification (280− 3300 µatm p CO2) and warming (28° C and 31° C) on calcification and …

Simulated climate change scenarios impact the reproduction and early life stages of a soft coral

R Liberman, M Fine, Y Benayahu - Marine Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Coral reefs are threatened worldwide by global climate change, manifested in
anthropogenic ocean warming and acidification. Despite the importance of coral sexual …

How does the coral microbiome mediate its natural host fitness under climate stress conditions? Physiological, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms

S Abdelghany, SM Simancas-Giraldo, A Zayed… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although the symbiotic partnership between corals and algal endosymbionts has been
extensively explored, interactions between corals, their algal endosymbionts and microbial …

Microbiota shifts in the surface mucopolysaccharide layer of corals transferred from natural to aquaria settings

ZA Pratte, LL Richardson, DEK Mills - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2015 - Elsevier
Bacteria associated with the surface mucopolysaccharide layer (SML) of corals have been
proposed to be paramount to coral health, and are occasionally studied in aquaria. Using …

Coral microbiome changes over the day–night cycle

AM Caughman, ZA Pratte, NV Patin, FJ Stewart - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Coral-associated microbiomes play important roles in host health and metabolism. It is
therefore critical to understand the factors that shape microbiome taxonomic composition …

Synergistic Effects of Thermal Stress and Estuarine Discharge on Transcriptomic Variation of Montastraea cavernosa Corals in Southeast Florida

MS Studivan, A Shatters, DL Dodge, JL Beal… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs at the northern extent of Florida's coral reef tract are exposed to many localized
anthropogenic influences including controlled freshwater discharges, runoff, upwelling, and …