The intracellular coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis is the engine that underpins the success of
coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, the breakdown of …

Vibrios are among the most common bacteria that inhabit surface waters throughout the
world and are responsible for a number of severe infections both in humans and animals …

Climate change is having a dramatic impact on marine animal and plant communities but
little is known of its influence on marine prokaryotes, which represent the largest living …

The colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on microplastics or plastic debris
(PD) have generated great concern in recent years. However, the influence of environmental …

The taxonomic composition of biofilms on marine microplastics is widely unknown. Recent
sequencing results indicate that potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. might be present on …

Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Background Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct
contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide …

Ongoing climate change has already been associated with increased disease outbreaks in
wild and farmed fish. Here, we evaluate the current knowledge of climate change-related …

The Northern Hemisphere has been warmer since 1980 than at any other time during the
last 2000years. The observed increase in temperature has been generally higher in …

Sea surface temperatures (SST) are rising because of global climate change. As a result,
pathogenic Vibrio species that infect humans and marine organisms during warmer summer …