ReviewMicrobiome2019
Beneath the surface: community assembly and functions of the coral skeleton microbiome.
Review in Microbiome, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of cnidarian microbiomes reveals insights into the structure, specificity, and fidelity of marine associations.Nature communications · 2023Pooled it
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- Host Evolutionary Lineage Shapes Assembly, Network Topology, and Metabolic Potential of Coral Skeletal Endolithic Microbiomes.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Can Bacterial Manipulation Deliver Reef-Scale Thermal Enhancement of Corals?Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Inoculation with indigenous nitrogen-fixers enhances seedling growth and nutrient uptake in a greenhouse bioassay.PloS one · 2026Article
- A Pacific carbonate budgets approach reveals overall net positive production on O'ahu, Hawai'i.PloS one · 2026Article
- Endolithic algae influence the skeletal microstructure and porosity of reef-building corals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Spatially restricted coral bleaching as an ecological manifestation of within-colony heterogeneity.Communications biology · 2025Review
- Phototrophic bacteria as potential probiotics for corals.npj biodiversity · 2025Review
- A Multimarker Approach to Identify Microbial Bioindicators for Coral Reef Health Monitoring-Case Study in La Réunion Island.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Progressive chronic tissue loss disease in Siderastrea siderea on Florida's coral reef.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Development and validation of an experimental life support system to study coral reef microbial communities.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Multiple Non-Destructive Approaches to Analysis of the Early Silurian Chain CoralLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Deep sea treasures - Insights from museum archives shed light on coral microbial diversity within deepest ocean ecosystems.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Globally distributed bacteriophage genomes reveal mechanisms of tripartite phage-bacteria-coral interactions.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Chlamydiae in corals: shared functional potential despite broad taxonomic diversity.ISME communications · 2024Article
- DNA from non-viable bacteria biases diversity estimates in the corals Acropora loripes and Pocillopora acuta.Environmental microbiome · 2023Article
- Innovative strategy for the conservation of a millennial mausoleum from biodeterioration through artificial light management.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2023Article
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Abstract
Coral microbial ecology is a burgeoning field, driven by the urgency of understanding coral health and slowing reef loss due to climate change. Coral resilience depends on its microbiota, and both the tissue and the underlying skeleton are home to a rich biodiversity of eukaryotic, bacterial and archaeal species that form an integral part of the coral holobiont. New techniques now enable detailed studies of the endolithic habitat, and our knowledge of the skeletal microbial community and its eco-physiology is increasing rapidly, with multiple lines of evidence for the importance of the skeletal microbiota in coral health and functioning. Here, we review the roles these organisms play in the holobiont, including nutritional exchanges with the coral host and decalcification of the host skeleton. Microbial metabolism causes steep physico-chemical gradients in the skeleton, creating micro-niches that, along with dispersal limitation and priority effects, define the fine-scale microbial community assembly. Coral bleaching causes drastic changes in the skeletal microbiome, which can mitigate bleaching effects and promote coral survival during stress periods, but may also have detrimental effects. Finally, we discuss the idea that the skeleton may function as a microbial reservoir that can promote recolonization of the tissue microbiome following dysbiosis and help the coral holobiont return to homeostasis.
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