Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean

C Hochart, L Paoli, HJ Ruscheweyh, G Salazar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Health and resilience of the coral holobiont depend on diverse bacterial communities often
dominated by key marine symbionts of the Endozoicomonadaceae family. The factors …

Disparate genetic divergence patterns in three corals across a pan-Pacific environmental gradient highlight species-specific adaptation

CR Voolstra, BCC Hume, EJ Armstrong, G Mitushasi… - npj Biodiversity, 2023 - nature.com
Tropical coral reefs are among the most affected ecosystems by climate change and face
increasing loss in the coming decades. Effective conservation strategies that maximize …

Annotated genome and transcriptome of the endangered Caribbean mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) using PacBio long-read sequencing

BD Young, OM Williamson, NS Kron… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Long-read sequencing is revolutionizing de-novo genome assemblies, with continued
advancements making it more readily available for previously understudied, non-model …

Chromosome-level genome assembly provides insights into the genome evolution and functional importance of the phenylpropanoid–flavonoid pathway in Thymus …

Z Dang, Y Xu, X Zhang, W Mi, Y Chi, Y Tian, Y Liu… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Thymus mongolicus (family Lamiaceae) is a Thyme subshrub with
strong aroma and remarkable environmental adaptability. Limited genomic information limits …

Telomere DNA length regulation is influenced by seasonal temperature differences in short-lived but not in long-lived reef-building corals

A Rouan, M Pousse, N Djerbi, B Porro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Telomeres are environment-sensitive regulators of health and aging. Here, we present
telomere DNA length analysis of two reef-building coral genera revealing that the long-and …

Gene duplication is the primary driver of intraspecific genomic divergence in coral algal symbionts

S Shah, KE Dougan, Y Chen… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dinoflagellates in the order Suessiales include the family Symbiodiniaceae, which have
essential roles as photosymbionts in corals, and their cold-adapted sister group, Polarella …

A draft genome assembly of the reef-building coral Acropora hemprichii from the central Red Sea

A Fiesinger, C Buitrago-López, A Sharaf, A Cárdenas… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Coral reef ecosystems are under threat from climate change. Thus, active interventions to
spur coral conservation/restoration are critical to support reef survival, greatly informed by a …

Interspecies differences in the transcriptome response of corals to acute heat stress

J Da-Anoy, N Posadas, C Conaco - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Rising sea surface temperatures threaten the survival of corals worldwide, with coral
bleaching events becoming more commonplace. However, different coral species are …

Contaminant or goldmine? In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes

H Ishida, C Riginos, CX Chan - Frontiers in Protistology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae are symbionts essential to
corals and other marine organisms. A coral holobiont consists of the coral host …

Unlocking the treasure trove: leveraging dry coral specimens for museum genomics

MT Connelly, MG Catapang, AM Quattrini - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Natural history museums house the largest biodiversity collections in the world and
represent an enormous repository of genetic information. Much of this information, however …