It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has
only been shown for a small proportion of species. We propose that animals span a …

Many animals depend on microbial symbionts to provide nutrition, defence or other services.
Holometabolous insects, as well as other animals that undergo metamorphosis, face unique …

Humans and many other hosts establish a diverse community of beneficial microbes anew
each generation. The order and identity of incoming symbionts is critical for health, but what …

Reversing coral reef decline requires reducing environmental threats while actively restoring
reef ecological structure and function. A promising restoration approach uses coral breeding …

Despite the ecological significance of the mutualistic relationship between Symbiodiniaceae
and reef‐building corals, the molecular interactions during establishment of this relationship …

Many marine organisms form photosymbioses with zooxanthellae, but some, such as the
medusozoans, are less well known. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the …

Cassiopea xamachana, the upside-down jellyfish, has become an emerging model to
understand the dynamics of cnidarian photosymbiosis. Like reef-building corals, Cassiopea …

As natural coral populations decline, thousands of outplanted corals are poised to dominate
reefs in the hardest-hit areas, such as the Florida Keys. Genetic management plans are …

Reef‐building corals form nutritional symbioses with endosymbiotic dinoflagellates
(Symbiodiniaceae), a relationship that facilitates the ecological success of coral reefs. These …

To survive in the nutrient-poor waters of the tropics, reef-building corals rely on intracellular,
photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts. Photosynthates produced by the symbiont are …