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 …

Help me, symbionts, you're my only hope: Approaches to accelerate our understanding of coral holobiont interactions

CB Bove, MV Ingersoll… - … and Comparative Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Tropical corals construct the three-dimensional framework for one of the most diverse
ecosystems on the planet, providing habitat to a plethora of species across taxa. However …

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 …

Two divergent Symbiodinium genomes reveal conservation of a gene cluster for sunscreen biosynthesis and recently lost genes

E Shoguchi, G Beedessee, I Tada, K Hisata… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background The marine dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium, is a well-known
photosynthetic partner for coral and other diverse, non-photosynthetic hosts in subtropical …

Different functional traits among closely related algal symbionts dictate stress endurance for vital Indo‐Pacific reef‐building corals

KD Hoadley, DT Pettay, A Lewis, D Wham… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals in the genus Porites are one of the most important constituents of Indo‐
Pacific reefs. Many species within this genus tolerate abnormally warm water and exhibit …

Fine-scale delineation of Symbiodiniaceae genotypes on a previously bleached central Red Sea reef system demonstrates a prevalence of coral host-specific …

BCC Hume, A Mejia-Restrepo, CR Voolstra… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Widespread coral bleaching occurred in the central Red Sea in 2010 and 2015. During both
events, a cross-shelf and depth gradient of bleaching severity was identified within the …

Free‐living and symbiotic lifestyles of a thermotolerant coral endosymbiont display profoundly distinct transcriptomes under both stable and heat stress conditions

AJ Bellantuono, KE Dougan… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals depend upon a nutritional endosymbiosis with photosynthetic
dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae for the majority of their energetic needs. While …

PhenoChip: a single-cell phenomic platform for high-throughput photophysiological analyses of microalgae

L Behrendt, MM Salek, EL Trampe, VI Fernandez… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Photosynthetic microorganisms are key players in aquatic ecosystems with strong potential
for bioenergy production, yet their systematic selection at the single-cell level for improved …

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 …

Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates pump iron: differences in iron and other trace metal needs among the Symbiodiniaceae

HG Reich, IB Rodriguez, TC LaJeunesse, TY Ho - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Iron (Fe) is essential to the physiology and growth of marine phytoplankton. It remains
unclear how important iron is to the functional ecology of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the …