Cell biology of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

SK Davy, D Allemand, VM Weis - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2012 - journals.asm.org
The symbiosis between cnidarians (eg, corals or sea anemones) and intracellular
dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In …

Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts

D Yellowlees, TAV Rees, W Leggat - Plant, cell & environment, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Some invertebrates have enlisted autotrophic unicellular algae to provide a competitive
metabolic advantage in nutritionally demanding habitats. These symbioses exist primarily …

Coral bleaching: causes and mechanisms

MP Lesser - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2011 - Springer
Unprecedented changes in coral reef systems have focused attention on a wide range of
stressors on local, regional, and global spatial scales but global climate change resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic understanding of dinoflagellates

S Lin - Research in microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
The phylum of dinoflagellates is characterized by many unusual and interesting genomic
and physiological features, the imprint of which, in its immense genome, remains elusive …

Corals form characteristic associations with symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria

KA Lema, BL Willis, DG Bourne - Applied and environmental …, 2012 - journals.asm.org
The complex symbiotic relationship between corals and their dinoflagellate partner
Symbiodinium is believed to be sustained through close associations with mutualistic …

Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals

VM Weis, SK Davy, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Trends in ecology & …, 2008 - cell.com
Corals provide the foundation of important tropical reef ecosystems but are in global decline
for multiple reasons, including climate change. Coral health depends on a fragile …

Symbiodinium Transcriptomes: Genome Insights into the Dinoflagellate Symbionts of Reef-Building Corals

T Bayer, M Aranda, S Sunagawa, LK Yum… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Dinoflagellates are unicellular algae that are ubiquitously abundant in aquatic
environments. Species of the genus Symbiodinium form symbiotic relationships with reef …

The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stress

R Middlebrook, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
The mutualistic relationship between corals and their unicellular dinoflagellate symbionts
(Symbiodinium sp.) is a fundamental component within the ecology of coral reefs. Thermal …

A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis

M Pernice, A Meibom, A Van Den Heuvel… - The ISME …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Assimilation of inorganic nitrogen from nutrient-poor tropical seas is an essential challenge
for the endosymbiosis between reef-building corals and dinoflagellates. Despite the clear …

Putting the N in dinoflagellates

S Dagenais-Bellefeuille, D Morse - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The cosmopolitan presence of dinoflagellates in aquatic habitats is now believed to be a
direct consequence of the different trophic modes they have developed through evolution …