The ReFuGe 2020 Consortium—using “omics” approaches to explore the adaptability and resilience of coral holobionts to environmental change [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 Human-induced environmental changes have been linked directly with loss of biodiversity. Coral reefs, which have been severely impacted by anthropogenic activities over the last few decades, exemplify this global problem and provide an opportunity to ...
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Urbanization comprehensively impairs biological rhythms in coral holobionts [PDF]
Global Change Biology, 2022 Abstract Coral reefs are in global decline due to climate change and anthropogenic influences (Hughes et al., Conservation Biology , 27: 261–269, 2013). Near coastal cities or other densely populated areas, coral reefs face a range of additional challenges.
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Thermal extremes likely trigger metabolic imbalance in coral holobionts [PDF]
Scientific ReportsRising ocean temperatures are constraining the availability of dissolved oxygen and simultaneously increasing the respiratory oxygen requirements of marine organisms.
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Stable and Sporadic Symbiotic Communities of Coral and Algal Holobionts [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2016 Coral and algal holobionts are assemblages of macroorganisms and microorganisms, including viruses, Bacteria, Archaea, protists and fungi. Despite a decade of research, it remains unclear whether these associations are spatial-temporally stable or ...
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Changes in the diversity and functionality of viruses that can bleach healthy coral
mSphereCoral microbiomes play a crucial role in maintaining the health and functionality of holobionts. Disruption in the equilibrium of holobionts, including bacteria, fungi, and archaea, can result in the bleaching of coral. However, little is known about the
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Genomic signatures suggesting adaptation to ocean acidification in a coral holobiont from volcanic CO2 seeps [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 Ocean acidification, caused by anthropogenic CO2 emissions, is predicted to have major consequences for reef-building corals, jeopardizing the scaffolding of the most biodiverse marine habitats.
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Osmoadjustment in the Coral Holobiont
, 2017 Coral reefs are under considerable decline. The framework builders in coral reefs are scleractinian corals, which comprise so-called holobionts, consisting of cnidarian host, algal symbionts (genus Symbiodinium), and other associated microbes. Corals are
Röthig, Till
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The eye’s coral reef: toward a planetary-health agenda for ocular-microbiome stewardship [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyCoral reefs and the human ocular surface represent ecologically distinct yet structurally comparable microbial ecosystems in which resilience depends on finely regulated host–microbe interactions.
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Holo-2bRAD: A Hologenomic Method for High-Resolution Analysis of Coral Microbiomes During Bleaching [PDF]
MicroorganismsCoral reefs are biodiversity hotspots increasingly threatened by climate-induced bleaching, yet profiling the coral holobiont—the host and its associated microbiota—remains technically challenging due to high host-DNA contamination (often >95%) and the ...
Zhuqing Wang +7 more
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Peeling back the layers of coral holobiont multi-omics data
iScience, 2023 Summary: The integration of multiple ‘omics’ datasets is a promising avenue for answering many important and challenging questions in biology, particularly those relating to complex ecological systems.
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