ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2014
Microbes in the coral holobiont: partners through evolution, development, and ecological interactions.
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124 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 303 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations.Nature communications · 2023Pooled it
- Holobiontic Intercellular Relationships Between the Oral Cavity and the Rest of the Human Organism: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Seasonal Physiological Strategies Reveal Contrasting Host-Symbiont Dynamics Among Dominant Indo-Pacific Reef-Building Corals.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Biogeographical Patterns of Coral-Associated Symbiodiniaceae Across Thermal Regimes Including Trace Molecular Detection ofEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Coral Mucus Microbial Community Change and Resistant Strategy Under UV Radiation: A Case fromMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Holo-2bRAD: A Hologenomic Method for High-Resolution Analysis of Coral Microbiomes During Bleaching.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Unique Transcriptional Responses by the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis to Individual Bacteria: Roles for Bacterial Species, Secreted Products and the Microbiome.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Can Bacterial Manipulation Deliver Reef-Scale Thermal Enhancement of Corals?Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Coral larvae have unique transcriptomic responses to pathogenic and probiotic bacteria.Coral reefs (Online) · 2026Article
- Benthic bacteria communities of coral reefs are shaped by sediment properties rather than coral trophic state.PloS one · 2026Article
- Mosquitoes as vector-based sentinels for tracking bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in the environment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Cnidarian-algal partnerships structure bacterial communities during strobilation inISME communications · 2026Article
- Coral-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides Identified In Silico from Acropora digitifera Transcriptomes: Potential Candidates Against Resistant Pathogens.Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Functional stability of Spirochaetota symbionts in the precious octocoral Corallium rubrum under heat stress.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Specific host-algae relationship, yet flexible bacterial microbiome, in diatom-bearing foraminifera.Science advances · 2025Article
- Effects of lichen symbiotic bacteria-derived indole-3-acetic acid on the stress responses of an algal-fungal symbiont.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025Article
- Bacterial Dynamics in Newly Settled Acropora kenti: Insights From Inoculations With Individual Probiotic Candidates.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- First insights into bacterial and microalgal endosymbiont communities of various coral morphotypes from Maldives.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Genomes of the Caribbean reef-building corals Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, and Siderastrea siderea.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
In the last two decades, genetic and genomic studies have revealed the astonishing diversity and ubiquity of microorganisms. Emergence and expansion of the human microbiome project has reshaped our thinking about how microbes control host health-not only as pathogens, but also as symbionts. In coral reef environments, scientists have begun to examine the role that microorganisms play in coral life history. Herein, we review the current literature on coral-microbe interactions within the context of their role in evolution, development, and ecology. We ask the following questions, first posed by McFall-Ngai et al. (2013) in their review of animal evolution, with specific attention to how coral-microbial interactions may be affected under future environmental conditions: (1) How do corals and their microbiome affect each other's genomes? (2) How does coral development depend on microbial partners? (3) How is homeostasis maintained between corals and their microbial symbionts? (4) How can ecological approaches deepen our understanding of the multiple levels of coral-microbial interactions? Elucidating the role that microorganisms play in the structure and function of the holobiont is essential for understanding how corals maintain homeostasis and acclimate to changing environmental conditions.
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