Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

EP Santoro, RM Borges, JL Espinoza, M Freire… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) ameliorate environmental stress, but whether
they can prevent mortality and the underlying host response mechanisms remains elusive …

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 …

Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance

CR Voolstra, JJ Valenzuela, S Turkarslan… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corals from the northern Red Sea, in particular the Gulf of Aqaba (GoA), have exceptionally
high bleaching thresholds approaching> 5℃ above their maximum monthly mean (MMM) …

Diversity of the Pacific Ocean coral reef microbiome

PE Galand, HJ Ruscheweyh, G Salazar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They support high biodiversity
of multicellular organisms that strongly rely on associated microorganisms for health and …

Deoxygenation lowers the thermal threshold of coral bleaching

R Alderdice, G Perna, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to deoxygenation from climate warming and pollution is emerging as a
contributing factor of coral bleaching and mortality. However, the combined effects of heating …

Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems: effective strategies to preserve coral reef ecosystems

CR Voolstra, RS Peixoto, C Ferrier‐Pagès - EMBO reports, 2023 - embopress.org
Coral reef ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots that provide a habitat for about a third of all
marine species (Fisher et al, 2015)—which is why colloquially they are referred to as the …

Spatially varying selection between habitats drives physiological shifts and local adaptation in a broadcast spawning coral on a remote atoll in Western Australia

L Thomas, JN Underwood, NH Rose, ZL Fuller… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
At the Rowley Shoals in Western Australia, the prominent reef flat becomes exposed on low
tide and the stagnant water in the shallow atoll lagoons heats up, creating a natural …

The coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus kills non-pathogenic holobiont competitors by triggering prophage induction

W Wang, K Tang, P Wang, Z Zeng, T Xu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The coral reef microbiome is central to reef health and resilience. Competitive interactions
between opportunistic coral pathogens and other commensal microbes affect the health of …