Biomineralization: Integrating mechanism and evolutionary history

PUPA Gilbert, KD Bergmann, N Boekelheide… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) biomineralizing organisms have played major roles in the
history of life and the global carbon cycle during the past 541 Ma. Both marine diversification …

Evolutionary links between intra‐and extracellular acid–base regulation in fish and other aquatic animals

M Tresguerres, AM Clifford, TS Harter… - … Zoology Part A …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The acid–base relevant molecules carbon dioxide (CO2), protons (H+), and bicarbonate
(HCO3−) are substrates and end products of some of the most essential physiological …

A Rhesus channel in the coral symbiosome membrane suggests a novel mechanism to regulate NH3 and CO2 delivery to algal symbionts

AB Thies, AR Quijada-Rodriguez, H Zhouyao… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Reef-building corals maintain an intracellular photosymbiotic association with dinoflagellate
algae. As the algae are hosted inside the symbiosome, all metabolic exchanges must take …

Host transcriptomic plasticity and photosymbiotic fidelity underpin Pocillopora acclimatization across thermal regimes in the Pacific Ocean

EJ Armstrong, J Lê-Hoang, Q Carradec… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heat waves are causing declines in coral reefs globally. Coral thermal responses depend
on multiple, interacting drivers, such as past thermal exposure, endosymbiont community …

Symbiotic dinoflagellates divert energy away from mutualism during coral bleaching recovery

L Allen-Waller, KL Barott - Symbiosis, 2023 - Springer
The future of coral reefs in a warming world depends on corals' ability to recover from
bleaching, the loss of their symbiotic dinoflagellate algae (Symbiodiniaceae) during marine …

Role of the bicarbonate transporter SLC4γ in stony-coral skeleton formation and evolution

AI Tinoco, LMY Mitchison-Field… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Coral reefs are highly diverse ecosystems of immense ecological, economic, and aesthetic
importance built on the calcium-carbonate-based skeletons of stony corals. The formation of …

Environmental memory gained from exposure to extreme pCO2 variability promotes coral cellular acid–base homeostasis

KT Brown, MA Mello-Athayde… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean acidification is a growing threat to coral growth and the accretion of coral reef
ecosystems. Corals inhabiting environments that already endure extreme diel pCO2 …

Marine heatwaves depress metabolic activity and impair cellular acid–base homeostasis in reef‐building corals regardless of bleaching susceptibility

T Innis, L Allen‐Waller, KT Brown… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming is causing global coral bleaching events to increase in frequency, resulting
in widespread coral mortality and disrupting the function of coral reef ecosystems. However …

Nanobiotech engineering for future coral reefs

LM Roger, NA Lewinski, HM Putnam, D Roxbury… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Advances in bioengineering and nanotechnology are revolutionizing how we approach
problems deemed unsolvable only a decade ago. Nanotechnology has transformed …

Applying model approaches in non-model systems: A review and case study on coral cell culture

LM Roger, HG Reich, E Lawrence, S Li, W Vizgaudis… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Model systems approaches search for commonality in patterns underlying biological
diversity and complexity led by common evolutionary paths. The success of the approach …