Responses of coral-associated bacterial communities to local and global stressors

JM McDevitt-Irwin, JK Baum, M Garren… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The microbial contribution to ecological resilience is still largely overlooked in coral reef
ecology. Coral-associated bacteria serve a wide variety of functional roles with reference to …

The microbiome of animals: implications for conservation biology

S Bahrndorff, T Alemu, T Alemneh… - … journal of genomics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years the human microbiome has become a growing area of research and it is
becoming clear that the microbiome of humans plays an important role for human health …

Plastic–rock complexes as hotspots for microplastic generation

L Wang, MS Bank, J Rinklebe… - Environmental science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Discarded plastics and microplastics (MPs) in the environment are considered emerging
contaminants and indicators of the Anthropocene epoch. This study reports the discovery of …

Diversity and activity of communities inhabiting plastic debris in the North Pacific Gyre

JA Bryant, TM Clemente, DA Viviani, AA Fong… - …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Marine plastic debris has become a significant concern in ocean ecosystems worldwide.
Little is known, however, about its influence on microbial community structure and function …

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 …

Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

MJ Neave, A Apprill, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Endozoicomonas bacteria are emerging as extremely diverse and flexible symbionts of
numerous marine hosts inhabiting oceans worldwide. Their hosts range from simple …

Natural volcanic CO2 seeps reveal future trajectories for host–microbial associations in corals and sponges

KM Morrow, DG Bourne, C Humphrey… - The ISME …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are rapidly rising causing an increase in the partial
pressure of CO2 (p CO2) in the ocean and a reduction in pH known as ocean acidification …

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 …

On the importance of the microbiome and pathobiome in coral health and disease

MJ Sweet, MT Bulling - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The term “microbiome” was first coined in 1988 and given the definition of a characteristic
microbial community occupying a reasonably well defined habitat which has distinct physio …

Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities

EO Osman, DJ Suggett, CR Voolstra, DT Pettay… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background The capacity of reef-building corals to tolerate (or adapt to) heat stress is a key
factor determining their resilience to future climate change. Changes in coral microbiome …