Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

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 …

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

EP Santoro, RM Borges, JL Espinoza, M Freire… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs) ameliorate environmental stress, but whether
they can prevent mortality and the underlying host response mechanisms remains elusive …

Coral microbiome dynamics, functions and design in a changing world

MJH van Oppen, LL Blackall - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Corals associate not only with dinoflagellates, which are their algal endosymbionts and
which have been extensively studied over the past four decades, but also with a variety of …

Coral probiotics: premise, promise, prospects

RS Peixoto, M Sweet, HDM Villela… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The use of Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMCs) has been proposed recently as a
tool for the improvement of coral health, with knowledge in this research topic advancing …

Marine probiotics: increasing coral resistance to bleaching through microbiome manipulation

PM Rosado, DCA Leite, GAS Duarte… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Although the early coral reef-bleaching warning system (NOAA/USA) is established, there is
no feasible treatment that can minimize temperature bleaching and/or disease impacts on …

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 …

Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMC): proposed mechanisms for coral health and resilience

RS Peixoto, PM Rosado, DCA Leite… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The symbiotic association between the coral animal and its endosymbiotic dinoflagellate
partner Symbiodinium is central to the success of corals. However, an array of other …

Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

N Garcias-Bonet, A Roik, B Tierney, FC García… - Trends in …, 2024 - cell.com
The provision of probiotics benefits the health of a wide range of organisms, from humans to
animals and plants. Probiotics can enhance stress resilience of endangered organisms …

Towards enhancing coral heat tolerance: a “microbiome transplantation” treatment using inoculations of homogenized coral tissues

T Doering, M Wall, L Putchim, T Rattanawongwan… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Microbiome manipulation could enhance heat tolerance and help corals
survive the pressures of ocean warming. We conducted coral microbiome transplantation …