Reef endemism, host specificity and temporal stability in populations of symbiotic dinoflagellates from two ecologically dominant Caribbean corals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 The dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium forms symbioses with numerous protistan and invertebrate metazoan hosts. However, few data on symbiont genetic structure are available, hindering predictions of how these populations and their host associations will ...
Daniel J Thornhill +3 more
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Assessing Transcriptional Responses to Light by the Dinoflagellate Symbiodinium [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2019 The control of transcription is poorly understood in dinoflagellates, a group of protists whose permanently condensed chromosomes are formed without histones. Furthermore, while transcriptomes contain a number of proteins annotated as transcription factors, the majority of these are cold shock domain proteins which are also known to bind RNA, meaning ...
Bahareh Zaheri +3 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 A delicate relationship exists between reef-building corals and their photosynthetic endosymbionts. Unfortunately, this relationship can be disrupted, with corals expelling these algae when temperatures rise even marginally above the average summer ...
Michael L. Cato +5 more
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Multi-gene analysis of Symbiodinium dinoflagellates: a perspective on rarity, symbiosis, and evolution [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Symbiodinium, a large group of dinoflagellates, live in symbiosis with marine protists, invertebrate metazoans, and free-living in the environment. Symbiodinium are functionally variable and play critical energetic roles in symbiosis.
Xavier Pochon +2 more
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Seasonal Physiological Strategies Reveal Contrasting Host-Symbiont Dynamics Among Dominant Indo-Pacific Reef-Building Corals. [PDF]
Ecol EvolSeasonal changes in coral physiology reveal distinct acclimatization strategies among reefâbuilding corals. Symbiotic generalists exhibit large seasonal fluctuations driven primarily by symbiont dynamics, whereas symbiotic specialists maintain stable symbiont physiology through stronger host regulation.
Huffmyer AS +15 more
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Culturing Symbiodinium v1 [PDF]
, 2018 we generated five clonal, axenic strains of Symbiodinium. These strains were assigned to clades A (two strains), B, E, and F based on their chloroplast 23S rDNA sequences. Growth studies in liquid cultures showed that the clade B strain and one of the clade A strains were able to grow photoautotrophically (in light with no fixed carbon ...
Tingting Xiang, Arthur Grossman
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Photosymbiotic associations between heterotrophic hosts and photosynthetic algae play crucial roles in maintaining the trophic and structural integrity of coral reef ecosystems.
Jingchun Li +6 more
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Protein evolution in two co-occurring types of Symbiodinium: an exploration into the genetic basis of thermal tolerance in Symbiodinium clade D [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2012 The symbiosis between reef-building corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium) is an integral part of the coral reef ecosystem, as corals are dependent on Symbiodinium for the majority of their energy needs. However, this partnership is increasingly at risk due to changing climatic conditions.
Ladner Jason T +2 more
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Transcriptional response of two core photosystem genes in Symbiodinium spp. exposed to thermal stress. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Mutualistic symbioses between scleractinian corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) are the foundation of coral reef ecosystems.
Michael P McGinley +5 more
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Effects of Taurine on Primary Metabolism and Transcription in a Coral Symbiodinium sp.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Coral reefs belong to the marine ecosystems and host the richest biodiversity of marine organisms. Coral reefs are formed as a result of the symbiotic relationship between the host coral animal and photosynthetic dinoflagellates, namely Symbiodinium sp ...
Aiyou Huang +15 more
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