Cryopreservation of the gorgonian endosymbiont Symbiodinium [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractThe study focused on finding a suitable cryoprotectant (CPA) and an optimum freezing protocol for the cryopreservation of the endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, clade G) of Junceella fragilis wherein the success of experiments is crucial to both scientific and ecology studies. A two-step freezing technique was developed. The viability
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Macroalgal-associated dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium in Caribbean reefs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Coral-algal symbiosis has been a subject of great attention during the last two decades in response to global coral reef decline. However, the occurrence and dispersion of free-living dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium are less ...
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Symbiodinium isolation by NaOH treatment [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2012 Summary The presence of photosynthetic zooxanthellae (Dinoflagellates) in the tissue of many cnidarians is the main reason for their ecological success (i.e. coral reefs). It could also be their demise, as worldwide reef building coral bleaching is nothing less than the breakdown of this symbiotic association.
Zamoum, Thamilla, Furla, Paola
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Symbiodinium microadriaticum (coral microalgal endosymbiont)
Trends in Genetics, 2021 Photosynthetic microalgae, from the family Symbiodiniaceae, engage in endosymbioses with marine invertebrates, including stony corals. More generally, dinoflagellates are ubiquitous protists and the main primary producers in the oceans. Despite their ecological and economic importance, their biology remains enigmatic.
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Recovery from bleaching is mediated by threshold densities of background thermo-tolerant symbiont types in a reef-building coral [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Sensitive molecular analyses show that most corals host a complement of Symbiodinium genotypes that includes thermo-tolerant types in low abundance. While tolerant symbiont types are hypothesized to facilitate tolerance to temperature and recovery from ...
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Variation in Symbiodinium ITS2 sequence assemblages among coral colonies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are fundamentally important to the biology of scleractinian corals, as well as to a variety of other marine organisms.
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Can resistant coral-Symbiodinium associations enable coral communities to survive climate change? A study of a site exposed to long-term hot water input [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Climate change has led to a decline in the health of corals and coral reefs around the world. Studies have shown that, while some corals can cope with natural and anthropogenic stressors either through resistance mechanisms of coral hosts or through ...
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Establishment of coral-algal symbiosis requires attraction and selection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Coral reef ecosystems are based on coral-zooxanthellae symbiosis. During the initiation of symbiosis, majority of corals acquire their own zooxanthellae (specifically from the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium) from surrounding environments.
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Validation of the binary designation Symbiodinium thermophilum (Dinophyceae) [PDF]
Journal of Phycology, 2018 The binary designation Symbiodinium thermophilum was invalid due to the absence of an illustration as required by Article 44.2 of the ICN. Herein, it is validated. This species is the most common symbiont in reef corals in the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest body of water sustaining reef coral growth.
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Host-specific interactions with environmental factors shape the distribution of symbiodinium across the Great Barrier Reef. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (genus Symbiodinium) within coral reef invertebrates are critical to the survival of the holobiont. The genetic variability of Symbiodinium may contribute to the tolerance of the symbiotic association to elevated sea ...
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