Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Animals and plants are metaorganisms and associate with microbes that affect their
physiology, stress tolerance, and fitness. Here the hypothesis that alteration of the …

The importance of Symbiodinium algal endosymbionts and a diverse suite of bacteria for
coral holobiont health and functioning are widely acknowledged. Yet, we know surprisingly …

Deserts, such as those found in Saudi Arabia, are one of the most hostile places for plant
growth. However, desert plants are able to impact their surrounding microbial community …

Coral-associated microorganisms are essential for maintaining the health of the coral
holobiont by participating in nutrient cycling and protecting the coral host from pathogens …

Globally tropical Scleractinian corals have been a focal point for discussions on the impact
of a changing climate on marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Research into tropical …

Coral research is being ushered into the genomic era. To fully capitalize on the potential
discoveries from this genomic revolution, the rapidly increasing number of high-quality …

Aiptasia is an emerging model organism to study cnidarian symbioses due to its taxonomic
relatedness to other anthozoans such as stony corals and similarities of its microalgal and …

Microbial communities associated with deep-sea animals are critical to the establishment of
novel biological communities in unusual environments. Over the past few decades, rapid …

Background Giant clams and scleractinian (reef-building) corals are keystone species of
coral reef ecosystems. The basis of their ecological success is a complex and fine-tuned …