Adapting with microbial help: microbiome flexibility facilitates rapid responses to environmental change

CR Voolstra, M Ziegler - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Animals and plants are metaorganisms and associate with microbes that affect their
physiology, stress tolerance, and fitness. Here the hypothesis that alteration of the …

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 …

Symbiodiniaceae‐bacteria interactions: rethinking metabolite exchange in reef‐building corals as multi‐partner metabolic networks

JL Matthews, JB Raina, T Kahlke… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The intimate relationship between scleractinian corals and their associated microorganisms
is fundamental to healthy coral reef ecosystems. Coral‐associated microbes …

[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 …

Harnessing the power of model organisms to unravel microbial functions in the coral holobiont

G Puntin, M Sweet, S Fraune, M Medina… - Microbiology and …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
Stony corals build the framework of coral reefs, ecosystems of immense ecological and
economic importance. The existence of these ecosystems is threatened by climate change …

Stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida is associated with disruption of host–zooxanthellae physiology

JH Landsberg, Y Kiryu, EC Peters… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Samples from eight species of corals (Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Diploria
labyrinthiformis, Meandrina meandrites, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella faveolata …

Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations

M McCauley, TL Goulet, CR Jackson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microorganisms play essential roles in the health and resilience of cnidarians.
Understanding the factors influencing cnidarian microbiomes requires cross study …

A zeaxanthin-producing bacterium isolated from the algal phycosphere protects coral endosymbionts from environmental stress

K Motone, T Takagi, S Aburaya, N Miura, W Aoki… - MBio, 2020 - journals.asm.org
Reef-building corals form a complex consortium with photosynthetic algae in the family
Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria, collectively termed the coral holobiont. These bacteria are …

Coral endosymbiont growth is enhanced by metabolic interactions with bacteria

JL Matthews, A Khalil, N Siboni, J Bougoure… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacteria are key contributors to microalgae resource acquisition, competitive performance,
and functional diversity, but their potential metabolic interactions with coral microalgal …

Revealing changes in the microbiome of Symbiodiniaceae under thermal stress

EF Camp, T Kahlke, MR Nitschke… - Environmental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiodiniaceae are a diverse family of marine dinoflagellates, well known as coral
endosymbionts. Isolation and in vitro culture of Symbiodiniaceae strains for physiological …