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 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

The diversity and ecology of Symbiodiniaceae: A traits-based review

MR Nitschke, SL Rosset, CA Oakley… - Advances in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the most successful microeukaryotes to form mutualisms with animals are
dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae. These photosynthetic symbioses drive …

High physiological function for corals with thermally tolerant, host-adapted symbionts

KE Turnham, MD Aschaffenburg… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The flexibility to associate with more than one symbiont may considerably expand a host's
niche breadth. Coral animals and dinoflagellate micro-algae represent one of the most …

Nutritional control regulates symbiont proliferation and life history in coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

G Cui, YJ Liew, MK Konciute, Y Zhan, SH Hung… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The coral-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis is fundamental for the coral reef
ecosystem. Corals provide various inorganic nutrients to their algal symbionts in exchange …

Chemical mutagenesis and thermal selection of coral photosymbionts induce adaptation to heat stress with trait trade‐offs

HJ Scharfenstein, C Alvarez‐Roa… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the relevance of heat‐evolved microalgal endosymbionts to coral reef restoration, to
date, few Symbiodiniaceae strains have been thermally enhanced via experimental …

Toward bio‐optical phenotyping of reef‐forming corals using Light‐Induced Fluorescence Transient‐Fast Repetition Rate fluorometry

DJ Suggett, MR Nitschke, DJ Hughes… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Active chlorophyll a fluorometry is a well‐established tool for noninvasively diagnosing coral
functional state, but has not yet been developed as a rapid phenotyping (functional …

Surviving the anthropocene: the resilience of marine animals to climate change

PM Ross, E Scanes, M Byrne… - … and Marine Biology, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
If marine organisms are to persist through the Anthropocene, they will need to be resilient,
but what is resilience, and can resilience of marine organisms build within a single lifetime …

Micronutrient content drives elementome variability amongst the Symbiodiniaceae

EF Camp, MR Nitschke, D Clases… - BMC Plant …, 2022 - Springer
Background Elements are the basis of life on Earth, whereby organisms are essentially
evolved chemical substances that dynamically interact with each other and their …

Species-specific elementomes for scleractinian coral hosts and their associated Symbiodiniaceae

AJ Grima, D Clases, R Gonzalez de Vega, MR Nitschke… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Increasing anthropogenic pressure on coral reefs is creating an urgent need to understand
how and where corals can proliferate both now and under future scenarios. Resolving …

Standardization of in situ coral bleaching measurements highlights the variability in responses across genera, morphologies, and regions

A Khen, CB Wall, JE Smith - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Marine heatwaves and regional coral bleaching events have become more frequent and
severe across the world's oceans over the last several decades due to global climate …