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Transmission of a heterologous clade C Symbiodinium in a model anemone infection system via asexual reproduction [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Anemones of genus Exaiptasia are used as model organisms for the study of cnidarian-dinoflagellate (genus Symbiodinium) endosymbiosis. However, while most reef-building corals harbor Symbiodinium of clade C, Exaiptasia spp. anemones mainly harbor clade B
Wan-Nan U. Chen, Ya-Ju Hsiao, Anderson B. Mayfield, Ryan Young, Ling-Lan Hsu, Shao-En Peng   +5 more
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Temperature-Driven Local Acclimatization of Symbiodnium Hosted by the Coral Galaxea fascicularis at Hainan Island, China

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The success of coral reef ecosystems largely depends on mutualistic symbiosis between scleractinian corals and the dinoflagellate photosymbiont Symbiodinium spp.
Guowei Zhou, Guowei Zhou, Lin Cai, Yuanchao Li, Haoya Tong, Lei Jiang, Yuyang Zhang, Xinming Lei, Minglan Guo, Sheng Liu, Pei-Yuan Qian, Hui Huang, Hui Huang   +12 more
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Symbiodinium community composition in scleractinian corals is not affected by life-long exposure to elevated carbon dioxide. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Ocean acidification (OA) is expected to negatively affect coral reefs, however little is known about how OA will change the coral-algal symbiosis on which reefs ultimately depend.
Sam H C Noonan, Katharina E Fabricius, Craig Humphrey   +2 more
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Identifying and characterizing alternative molecular markers for the symbiotic and free-living dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are best known as endosymbionts of corals and other invertebrate as well as protist hosts, but also exist free-living in coastal environments. Despite their importance in marine ecosystems, less than 10 loci have
Xavier Pochon, Hollie M Putnam, Fabien Burki, Ruth D Gates   +3 more
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Stress‐Resistant Symbiodiniaceae and Diverse Bacterial Communities Promote Coral Persistence in Variable, Multi‐Stressor Environments

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Corals living in multi‐stressor bays in Curaçao maintain stress‐tolerant symbiotic algae and specialized bacterial communities in comparison to those in nearby reefs. These findings provide insight into how Caribbean coral holobionts persist in extreme and marginal conditions and may respond under future environmental conditions.
Maya E. Powell, Sarah L. Solomon, Verena Schoepf, Karl D. Castillo   +3 more
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Mesophotic coral depth acclimatization is a function of host-specific symbiont physiology

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015
Mesophotic coral ecosystems receive increasing attention owing to their potential as deep coral refuges in times of global environmental change. Here, the mechanisms of coral holobiont photoacclimatization over a 60 m depth gradient in the central Red ...
Maren eZiegler, Maren eZiegler, Maren eZiegler, Cornelia eRoder, Claudia eBüchel, Christian Robert Voolstra   +5 more
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Species‐Specific Vulnerability of Northern Red Sea Mesophotic Corals to Accelerated Warming

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2026.
Mesophotic reefs are often considered climate refuges, yet experimental thermal‐stress reveals species‐dependent vulnerability. Skeletal optics, energy reserves, and light environment determine bleaching severity. A depth‐generalist coral resisted stress while the mesophotic specialist bleached severely.
Netanel Kramer, Na'ama‐Rose Kochman, Ayelet Zion, Maoz Fine, Yossi Loya, Daniel Wangpraseurt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transient transformation of cultured photosynthetic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) with plant-targeted vectors

Ciencias Marinas, 2015
Reproducible and reliable genetic transformation methods are a key tool for understanding the physiology and cell biology of Symbiodinium. Nevertheless, transformation methods previously applied to cells such as microalgae, including those utilizing ...
Mario Fernando Ortiz-Matamoros, Marco A Villanueva, Tania Islas-Flores   +2 more
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An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) rRNA gene is a commonly targeted genetic marker to assess diversity of Symbiodinium, a dinoflagellate genus of algal endosymbionts that is pervasively associated with marine invertebrates, and notably reef ...
Benjamin C.C. Hume, Maren Ziegler, Julie Poulain, Xavier Pochon, Sarah Romac, Emilie Boissin, Colomban de Vargas, Serge Planes, Patrick Wincker, Christian R. Voolstra   +9 more
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Sponges are celebrated heterotrophs but also key primary producers on changing coral reefs

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1561-1577, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Trophic interactions and nutrient cycling lay at the heart of ecosystem health and biodiversity. In recent years, our understanding of these drivers has been repeatedly challenged by rapid and unanticipated climatic effects, combined with an increasing awareness that ...
Michelle Achlatis, Rene M. van der Zande, Sam Arnold, Alphonsus C. Röttgering, Jeroen Schneider, Mathieu Pernice, Jasper M. de Goeij   +6 more
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