Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae)

DJ Thornhill, EJ Howells, DC Wham… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiodinium is a diverse genus of unicellular dinoflagellate symbionts associating with
various marine protists and invertebrates. Although the broadscale diversity and …

Systematic revision of Symbiodiniaceae highlights the antiquity and diversity of coral endosymbionts

TC LaJeunesse, JE Parkinson, PW Gabrielson… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

Formal recognition of host‐generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo‐Pacific reef corals

CC Butler, KE Turnham, AM Lewis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The existence of widespread species with the capacity to endure diverse, or variable,
environments are of importance to ecological and genetic research, and conservation. Such …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Host-specialist lineages dominate the adaptive radiation of reef coral endosymbionts

DJ Thornhill, AM Lewis, DC Wham, TC LaJeunesse - Evolution, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bursts in species diversification are well documented among animals and plants, yet few
studies have assessed recent adaptive radiations of eukaryotic microbes. Consequently, we …

Mutualistic microalgae co-diversify with reef corals that acquire symbionts during egg development

KE Turnham, DC Wham, E Sampayo… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The application of molecular genetics has reinvigorated and improved how species are
defined and investigated scientifically, especially for morphologically cryptic micro …

The extended phenotypes of marine symbioses: ecological and evolutionary consequences of intraspecific genetic diversity in coral–algal associations

JE Parkinson, IB Baums - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Reef-building corals owe much of their success to a symbiosis with dinoflagellate
microalgae in the genus Symbiodinium. In this association, the performance of each …

Symbiodinium glynnii sp. nov., a species of stress-tolerant symbiotic dinoflagellates from pocilloporid and montiporid corals in the Pacific Ocean

DC Wham, G Ning, TC LaJeunesse - Phycologia, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
A formal Symbiodinium species taxonomy enhances understanding of the physiology and
ecology of coral–dinoflagellate symbioses. Here we formally define a new species of stress …

Cladocopium community divergence in two Acropora coral hosts across multiple spatial scales

SW Davies, KN Moreland, DC Wham… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many broadly‐dispersing corals acquire their algal symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae)“
horizontally” from their environment upon recruitment. Horizontal transmission could …

Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont

CGB Grupstra, LI Howe-Kerr, AJ Veglia… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Climate change-driven ocean warming is increasing the frequency and severity of bleaching
events, in which corals appear whitened after losing their dinoflagellate endosymbionts …