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 …

Unlocking the complex cell biology of coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis: A model systems approach

MR Jacobovitz, EA Hambleton… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Symbiotic interactions occur in all domains of life, providing organisms with resources to
adapt to new habitats. A prime example is the endosymbiosis between corals and …

Symbiodinium genomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

H Liu, TG Stephens, RA González-Pech… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
Symbiosis between dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium and reef-building corals
forms the trophic foundation of the world's coral reef ecosystems. Here we present the first …

Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

JL Matthews, CM Crowder, CA Oakley… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The relationship between corals and dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium is
fundamental to the functioning of coral ecosystems. It has been suggested that reef corals …

Meta‐analysis of the coral environmental stress response: Acropora corals show opposing responses depending on stress intensity

G Dixon, E Abbott, M Matz - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As climate change progresses, reef‐building corals must contend more often with
suboptimal conditions, motivating a need to understand coral stress response. Here, we test …

Genomic signatures in the coral holobiont reveal host adaptations driven by Holocene climate change and reef specific symbionts

I Cooke, H Ying, S Forêt, P Bongaerts, JM Strugnell… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Genetic signatures caused by demographic and adaptive processes during past climatic
shifts can inform predictions of species' responses to anthropogenic climate change. To …

An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database

AH Baird, JR Guest, AJ Edwards, AG Bauman… - Scientific data, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning of scleractinian corals on the Great
Barrier Reef in the 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document spawning times in …

Comparative analysis of the genomes of Stylophora pistillata and Acropora digitifera provides evidence for extensive differences between species of corals

CR Voolstra, Y Li, YJ Liew, S Baumgarten, D Zoccola… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Stony corals form the foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Their phylogeny is characterized
by a deep evolutionary divergence that separates corals into a robust and complex clade …

Cnidarian-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis establishment is independent of photosynthesis

RE **kerson, JA Russo, CR Newkirk, AL Kirk, RJ Chi… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Photosynthesis shapes the symbiotic relationships between cnidarians and
Symbiodiniaceae algae—with many cnidarian hosts requiring symbiont photosynthate for …

Cell biology of coral symbiosis: foundational study can inform solutions to the coral reef crisis

VM Weis - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs are faced with almost complete destruction by the end of the century due to
global warming unless humanity can cap global temperature rise. There is now a race to …