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 …

Deciphering coral disease dynamics: integrating host, microbiome, and the changing environment

R Vega Thurber, LD Mydlarz, M Brandt… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

Multi-domain probiotic consortium as an alternative to chemical remediation of oil spills at coral reefs and adjacent sites

DP Silva, HDM Villela, HF Santos, GAS Duarte… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Beginning in the last century, coral reefs have suffered the consequences of
anthropogenic activities, including oil contamination. Chemical remediation methods, such …

Enrofloxacin induces intestinal microbiota-mediated immunosuppression in zebrafish

W Qiu, T Liu, X Liu, H Chen, S Luo… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The immunosuppressive effects of antibiotics and the potential associations with the
intestinal microbiota of the host have been increasingly recognized in recent years …

Opportunistic diseases in marine eukaryotes: Could Bacteroidota be the next threat to ocean life?

J Hudson, S Egan - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria within the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteroidetes) are known to cause devastating and
widespread disease outbreaks in marine eukaryotic hosts. However, with few pathogens …

Structure and stability of the coral microbiome in space and time

CM Dunphy, TC Gouhier, ND Chu, SV Vollmer - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Although it is well established that the microbial communities inhabiting corals perform key
functions that promote the health and persistence of their hosts, little is known about their …

Metagenomic insights into the taxonomy, function, and dysbiosis of prokaryotic communities in octocorals

T Keller-Costa, A Lago-Lestón, JP Saraiva, R Toscan… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In octocorals (Cnidaria Octocorallia), the functional relationship
between host health and its symbiotic consortium has yet to be determined. Here, we …

Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsiales parasite, Candidatus …

JG Klinges, SM Rosales, R McMinds… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial symbionts are integral to the health and homeostasis of invertebrate hosts.
Notably, members of the Rickettsiales genus Wolbachia influence several aspects of the …

Microbial community and transcriptional responses to increased temperatures in coral Pocillopora damicornis holobiont

J Li, L Long, Y Zou, S Zhang - Environmental microbiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A few studies have holistically examined successive changes in coral holobionts in
response to increased temperatures. Here, responses of the coral host Pocillopora …

Microbiome differences in disease-resistant vs. susceptible Acropora corals subjected to disease challenge assays

SM Rosales, MW Miller, DE Williams… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In recent decades coral gardening has become increasingly popular to restore degraded
reef ecosystems. However, the growth and survivorship of nursery-reared outplanted corals …