Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

[HTML][HTML] Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl… - Zoology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

Coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling regulates the cnidarian–algal symbiosis

N Rädecker, S Escrig, JE Spangenberg… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Efficient nutrient recycling underpins the ecological success of cnidarian-algal symbioses in
oligotrophic waters. In these symbioses, nitrogen limitation restricts the growth of algal …

Using Aiptasia as a Model to Study Metabolic Interactions in Cnidarian-Symbiodinium Symbioses

N Rädecker, JB Raina, M Pernice, G Perna… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The symbiosis between cnidarian hosts and microalgae of the genus Symbiodinium
provides the foundation of coral reefs in oligotrophic waters. Understanding the nutrient …

Dual RNA‐sequencing analyses of a coral and its native symbiont during the establishment of symbiosis

AR Mohamed, N Andrade, A Moya, CX Chan… - Molecular …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite the ecological significance of the mutualistic relationship between Symbiodiniaceae
and reef‐building corals, the molecular interactions during establishment of this relationship …

Polymorphic adaptations in metazoans to establish and maintain photosymbioses

J Melo Clavijo, A Donath, J Serôdio… - Biological …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mutualistic symbioses are common throughout the animal kingdom. Rather unusual is a
form of symbiosis, photosymbiosis, where animals are symbiotic with photoautotrophic …

Evolution, diversity, distribution and the endangered future of the giant clam–Symbiodiniaceae association

M Mies - Coral Reefs, 2019‏ - Springer
Giant clams are found in a mutualistic association with Symbiodiniaceae dinoflagellates.
While clams are economically important for fisheries, Symbiodiniaceae are responsible for …

Human impact on symbioses between aquatic organisms and microbes

W Stock, M Callens, S Houwenhuyse, R Schols… - Aquatic Microbial …, 2021‏ - int-res.com
Aquatic organisms rely on microbial symbionts for co** with various challenges they
encounter during stress and for defending themselves against predators, pathogens and …

Diversity of endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae in giant clams at Dongsha Atoll, northern South China Sea

SSQ Lim, D Huang, K Soong, ML Neo - Symbiosis, 2019‏ - Springer
Despite the importance of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in the ecology of giant clams, the
diversity and distribution of Symbiodiniaceae in different tridacnine species remain relatively …

Diet-induced shifts in the crown-of-thorns (Acanthaster sp.) larval microbiome

TJ Carrier, K Wolfe, K Lopez, M Gall, DA Janies… - Marine Biology, 2018‏ - Springer
Predation by the crown-of-thorns seastar (CoTS; Acanthaster sp.) is a pervasive stressor
attributing to the decline of coral reefs. These outbreaks are suggested to be linked to …