Systematic revision of Symbiodiniaceae highlights the antiquity and diversity of coral endosymbionts

TC LaJeunesse, JE Parkinson, PW Gabrielson… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

Deep reefs are not universal refuges: reseeding potential varies among coral species

P Bongaerts, C Riginos, R Brunner, N Englebert… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Deep coral reefs (that is, mesophotic coral ecosystems) can act as refuges against major
disturbances affecting shallow reefs. It has been proposed that, through the provision of …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Symbioses are restructured by repeated mass coral bleaching

KM Quigley, B Ramsby, P Laffy, J Harris… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Survival of symbiotic reef-building corals under global warming requires rapid acclimation or
adaptation. The impact of accumulated heat stress was compared across 1643 symbiont …

Assessing Symbiodinium diversity in scleractinian corals via next‐generation sequencing‐based genoty** of the ITS2 rDNA region

C Arif, C Daniels, T Bayer… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The persistence of coral reef ecosystems relies on the symbiotic relationship between
scleractinian corals and intracellular, photosynthetic dinoflagellates in the genus …

Host-specialist lineages dominate the adaptive radiation of reef coral endosymbionts

DJ Thornhill, AM Lewis, DC Wham, TC LaJeunesse - Evolution, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bursts in species diversification are well documented among animals and plants, yet few
studies have assessed recent adaptive radiations of eukaryotic microbes. Consequently, we …

Bleaching resistance and the role of algal endosymbionts

KM Quigley, AC Baker, MA Coffroth, BL Willis… - … , processes, causes and …, 2018 - Springer
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and ecologically important biomes on the planet.
Most coral species rely on the partnership with dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium …

Miliolidium n. gen, a New Symbiodiniacean Genus Whose Members Associate with Soritid Foraminifera or Are Free‐Living

X Pochon, TC LaJeunesse - Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The dinoflagellate family Symbiodiniaceae comprises numerous divergent genera
containing species whose ecologies range from endosymbiotic to free‐living. While many …

Description of Freudenthalidium gen. nov. and Halluxium gen. nov. to Formally Recognize Clades Fr3 and H as Genera in the Family Symbiodiniaceae …

MR Nitschke, SC Craveiro, C Brandão… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Symbiodiniaceae are a family of marine dinoflagellates known mostly for their
endosymbiotic interactions with invertebrates and protists, but facultatively and exclusively …

Deep-Sequencing Method for Quantifying Background Abundances of Symbiodinium Types: Exploring the Rare Symbiodinium Biosphere in Reef-Building Corals

KM Quigley, SW Davies, CD Kenkel, BL Willis… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The capacity of reef-building corals to associate with environmentally-appropriate types of
endosymbionts from the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium contributes significantly to their …