The diversity and ecology of Symbiodiniaceae: A traits-based review

MR Nitschke, SL Rosset, CA Oakley… - Advances in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the most successful microeukaryotes to form mutualisms with animals are
dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae. These photosynthetic symbioses drive …

Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic

IB Baums, AC Baker, SW Davies… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

S Baumgarten, O Simakov… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The most diverse marine ecosystems, coral reefs, depend upon a functional symbiosis
between a cnidarian animal host (the coral) and intracellular photosynthetic dinoflagellate …

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–symbiont recombination versus natural selection in the response of coral–dinoflagellate symbioses to environmental disturbance

TC LaJeunesse, R Smith, M Walther… - … of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Mutualisms between reef-building corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellates are particularly
sensitive to environmental stress, yet the ecosystems they construct have endured major …

Microbial invasion of the Caribbean by an Indo-Pacific coral zooxanthella

DT Pettay, DC Wham, RT Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Human-induced environmental changes have ushered in the rapid decline of coral reef
ecosystems, particularly by disrupting the symbioses between reef-building corals and their …

Ecologically differentiated stress-tolerant endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) Clade D are different species

TC LaJeunesse, DC Wham, DT Pettay, JE Parkinson… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We used an integrative genetics approach using sequences of (1) nuclear ribosomal rDNA
(internal transcribed spacers and partial large subunit rDNA),(2) single-copy microsatellite …

The Relative Significance of Host–Habitat, Depth, and Geography on the Ecology, Endemism, and Speciation of Coral Endosymbionts in the Genus Symbiodinium

JC Finney, DT Pettay, EM Sampayo, ME Warner… - Microbial ecology, 2010 - Springer
Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are among the most abundant and important
group of eukaryotic microbes found in coral reef ecosystems. Recent analyses conducted on …

A genetics‐based description of Symbiodinium minutum sp. nov. and S. psygmophilum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), two dinoflagellates symbiotic with cnidaria

TC Lajeunesse, JE Parkinson… - Journal of Phycology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional approaches for describing species of morphologically cryptic and often
unculturable forms of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates are problematic. Two new species in the …

Cohesive molecular genetic data delineate species diversity in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium

EM Sampayo, S Dove, TC LaJeunesse - Molecular ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium) in pocilloporid corals originating
from various reef habitats surrounding Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, was …