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 …

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 …

Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals

N Rädecker, C Pogoreutz, HM Gegner… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recurrent mass bleaching events are pushing coral reefs worldwide to the brink of
ecological collapse. While the symptoms and consequences of this breakdown of the coral …

Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia

G Cui, MK Konciute, L Ling, L Esau, JB Raina… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Symbiotic cnidarians such as corals and anemones form highly productive and biodiverse
coral reef ecosystems in nutrient-poor ocean environments, a phenomenon known as …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Progress and challenges in exploring aquatic microbial communities using non-targeted metabolomics

M Thukral, AE Allen, D Petras - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Advances in bioanalytical technologies are constantly expanding our insights into complex
ecosystems. Here, we highlight strategies and applications that make use of non-targeted …

The past, present, and future of coral heat stress studies

MJ Cziesielski, S Schmidt‐Roach… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss and degradation of coral reefs, as a result of intensified frequency and
severity of bleaching events, is a major concern. Evidence of heat stress affecting corals …

Insights into coral bleaching under heat stress from analysis of gene expression in a sea anemone model system

PA Cleves, CJ Krediet, EM Lehnert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Loss of endosymbiotic algae (“bleaching”) under heat stress has become a major problem
for reef-building corals worldwide. To identify genes that might be involved in triggering or …

Meta‐analysis of the coral environmental stress response: Acropora corals show opposing responses depending on stress intensity

G Dixon, E Abbott, M Matz - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As climate change progresses, reef‐building corals must contend more often with
suboptimal conditions, motivating a need to understand coral stress response. Here, we test …

Broad scale proteomic analysis of heat-destabilised symbiosis in the hard coral Acropora millepora

K Petrou, BL Nunn, MP Padula, DJ Miller… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Coral reefs across the globe are threatened by warming oceans. The last few years have
seen the worst mass coral bleaching events recorded, with more than one quarter of all reefs …