Reef-building corals create one of the most biodiverse and economically important
ecosystems on the planet. Unfortunately, global coral reef ecosystems experience threats …

Recent analyses revealed that most of the biodiversity observed in marine microbial
communities is represented by organisms with low abundance but, nonetheless essential for …

Background Understanding the associations among corals, their photosynthetic
zooxanthella symbionts (Symbiodinium), and coral-associated prokaryotic microbiomes is …

Coral reefs are a complex ecosystem consisting of coral animals and a vast array of
associated symbionts including the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium, fungi, viruses and bacteria …

Corals are important models for understanding invertebrate host–microbe interactions;
however, to fully discern mechanisms involved in these relationships, experimental …

Reef sediments, the home for microbes with high abundances, provide an important source
of carbonates and nutrients for the growth and maintenance of coral reefs. However, there is …

Corals live with complex assemblages of microbes including bacteria, the dinoflagellate
Symbiodiniaceae, fungi and viruses in a coral holobiont. These coral-associated …

Coral microbiomes, the complex microbial communities associated with the different
anatomic compartments of the coral, provide important functions for the host's survival, such …

Identifying the core microbiome structure of a metaorganism can be used to monitor the
impact of a perturbation against it and the changes in its stability (ie, dysbiosis), resistance …

High-latitude coral communities are distinct from their tropical counterparts, and how they
respond to recent heat wave events that have decimated tropical reefs remains unknown. In …