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 …

Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years

IM McLeod, MY Hein, R Babcock, L Bay, DG Bourne… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional
management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to …

Heat-evolved microalgal symbionts increase coral bleaching tolerance

P Buerger, C Alvarez-Roa, CW Coppin, SL Pearce… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Coral reefs worldwide are suffering mass mortalities from marine heat waves. With the aim of
enhancing coral bleaching tolerance, we evolved 10 clonal strains of a common coral …

Experimental temperatures shape host microbiome diversity and composition

J Li, KA Bates, KL Hoang, TE Hector… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change has led to more extreme thermal events. Plants and animals harbour
diverse microbial communities, which may be vital for their physiological performance and …

Gut microbiota modulation enhances the immune capacity of lizards under climate warming

J Yang, W Liu, X Han, X Hao, Q Yao, W Du - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Host-microbial interactions are expected to affect species' adaptability to
climate change but have rarely been explored in ectothermic animals. Some studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Defining coral bleaching as a microbial dysbiosis within the coral holobiont

A Boilard, CE Dubé, C Gruet, A Mercière… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral microbiomes are critical to holobiont health and functioning, but the stability of host–
microbial interactions is fragile, easily shifting from eubiosis to dysbiosis. The heat-induced …

Avenues of reef-building coral acclimatization in response to rapid environmental change

HM Putnam - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The swiftly changing climate presents a challenge to organismal fitness by creating a
mismatch between the current environment and phenotypes adapted to historic conditions …

Symbiosis and host responses to heating

TE Hector, KL Hoang, J Li, KC King - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Virtually all organisms are colonized by microbes. Average temperatures are rising because
of global climate change–accompanied by increases in extreme climatic events and heat …

[HTML][HTML] The active reef restoration toolbox is a vehicle for coral resilience and adaptation in a changing world

B Rinkevich - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2019 - mdpi.com
The accelerating marks of climate change on coral-reef ecosystems, combined with the
recognition that traditional management measures are not efficient enough to cope with …

Coral reef population genomics in an age of global change

ML Pinsky, RD Clark, JT Bos - Annual Review of Genetics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Coral reefs are both exceptionally biodiverse and threatened by climate change and other
human activities. Here, we review population genomic processes in coral reef taxa and their …