Host-microbe interactions in octocoral holobionts-recent advances and perspectives

JAJM van de Water, D Allemand, C Ferrier-Pagès - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Octocorals are one of the most ubiquitous benthic organisms in marine ecosystems from the
shallow tropics to the Antarctic deep sea, providing habitat for numerous organisms as well …

Bioactive secondary metabolites from octocoral-associated microbes—new chances for blue growth

I Raimundo, SG Silva, R Costa, T Keller-Costa - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa Octocorallia) are magnificent repositories of natural products
with fascinating and unusual chemical structures and bioactivities of interest to medicine and …

[LIVRE][B] Cold-water corals: the biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats

JM Roberts - 2009 - books.google.com
" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

Metagenomics-resolved genomics provides novel insights into chitin turnover, metabolic specialization, and niche partitioning in the octocoral microbiome

T Keller-Costa, L Kozma, SG Silva, R Toscan… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The role of bacterial symbionts that populate octocorals (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)
is still poorly understood. To shed light on their metabolic capacities, we examined 66 high …

Metagenomic insights into the taxonomy, function, and dysbiosis of prokaryotic communities in octocorals

T Keller-Costa, A Lago-Lestón, JP Saraiva, R Toscan… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In octocorals (Cnidaria Octocorallia), the functional relationship
between host health and its symbiotic consortium has yet to be determined. Here, we …

Coral-Associated Bacterial Diversity Is Conserved across Two Deep-Sea Anthothela Species

SN Lawler, CA Kellogg, SC France… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cold-water corals, similar to tropical corals, contain diverse and complex microbial
assemblages. These bacteria provide essential biological functions within coral holobionts …

Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

PJ Etnoyer, LN Wickes, M Silva, JD Dubick, L Balthis… - Coral Reefs, 2016 - Springer
Hard-bottom 'mesophotic'reefs along the '40-fathom'(73 m) shelf edge in the northern Gulf of
Mexico were investigated for potential effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill from …

Outer membrane vesicles containing signalling molecules and active hydrolytic enzymes released by a coral pathogen Vibrio shilonii AK1

J Li, F Azam, S Zhang - Environmental microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Production and release of outer‐membrane vesicles (OMVs) is known in many bacteria
including human pathogens. To date, OMV release has not been reported in coral …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial community diversity of the deep-sea octocoral Paramuricea placomus

CA Kellogg, SW Ross, SD Brooke - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Compared to tropical corals, much less is known about deep-sea coral biology and ecology.
Although the microbial communities of some deep-sea corals have been described, this is …

Quorum sensing signal production and inhibition by coral‐associated vibrios

K Tait, Z Hutchison, FL Thompson… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Corals are inhabited by complex communities of microbes that affect their growth and
survival. Several studies suggest that coral disease may be attributed to the success of …