Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

N Rädecker, C Pogoreutz, CR Voolstra… - Trends in …, 2015 - cell.com
Corals are animals that form close mutualistic associations with endosymbiotic
photosynthetic algae of the genus Symbiodinium. Together they provide the calcium …

Microbes in the coral holobiont: partners through evolution, development, and ecological interactions

JR Thompson, HE Rivera, CJ Closek… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
In the last two decades, genetic and genomic studies have revealed the astonishing
diversity and ubiquity of microorganisms. Emergence and expansion of the human …

Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny

FJ Pollock, R McMinds, S Smith, DG Bourne… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Scleractinian corals' microbial symbionts influence host health, yet how coral microbiomes
assembled over evolution is not well understood. We survey bacterial and archaeal …

Microbial dysbiosis: rethinking disease in marine ecosystems

S Egan, M Gardiner - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
With growing environmental pressures placed on our marine habitats there is concern that
the prevalence and severity of diseases affecting marine organisms will increase. Yet …

Symbiodiniaceae‐bacteria interactions: rethinking metabolite exchange in reef‐building corals as multi‐partner metabolic networks

JL Matthews, JB Raina, T Kahlke… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The intimate relationship between scleractinian corals and their associated microorganisms
is fundamental to healthy coral reef ecosystems. Coral‐associated microbes …

Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus

RM Wright, GV Aglyamova, E Meyer, MV Matz - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea

M Ziegler, A Roik, A Porter, K Zubier, MS Mudarris… - Marine pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
Coral-associated bacteria play an increasingly recognized part in coral health. We
investigated the effect of local anthropogenic impacts on coral microbial communities on …

The pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis disturbs the frog skin microbiome during a natural epidemic and experimental infection

AJ Jani, CJ Briggs - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Symbiotic microbial communities may interact with infectious pathogens sharing a common
host. The microbiome may limit pathogen infection or, conversely, an invading pathogen can …

[HTML][HTML] Adding insult to injury: Effects of chronic oxybenzone exposure and elevated temperature on two reef-building corals

T Wijgerde, M Van Ballegooijen, R Nijland… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Coral bleaching due to global warming currently is the largest threat to coral reefs, which
may be exacerbated by altered water quality. Elevated levels of the UV filter oxybenzone in …

Multiple opportunistic pathogens can cause a bleaching disease in the red seaweed Delisea pulchra

V Kumar, E Zozaya‐Valdes, S Kjelleberg… - Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While macroalgae (or seaweeds) are increasingly recognized to suffer from disease, in most
cases the causative agents are unknown. The model macroalga Delisea pulchra is …