ReviewFrontiers in physiology2020
Conceptualization of the Holobiont Paradigm as It Pertains to Corals.
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- Holo-2bRAD: A Hologenomic Method for High-Resolution Analysis of Coral Microbiomes During Bleaching.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Symbiodiniaceae Community Structure and Thermal Tolerance in Soft Corals from Captive Aquarium Environments.Integrative and comparative biology · 2026Article
- Cnidarian-algal partnerships structure bacterial communities during strobilation inISME communications · 2026Article
- 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
- Manipulation of the Symbiodiniaceae microbiome confers multigenerational impacts on symbioses and reproductive ecology of its Exaiptasia diaphana host.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Genetic clustering within massive Porites species complex is the primary driver of holobiont assembly.PloS one · 2025Article
- A portable multi-taxa phenotyping device to retrieve physiological performance traits.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Complex parental effects impact variation in larval thermal tolerance in a vertically transmitting coral.Heredity · 2024Article
- Multi-Chemical Omics Analysis of the SymbiodiniaceaeMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural COISME communications · 2022Article
- Plant Holobiont Theory: The Phytomicrobiome Plays a Central Role in Evolution and Success.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Corals regulate the distribution and abundance of Symbiodiniaceae and biomolecules in response to changing water depth and sea surface temperature.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Corals' obligate association with unicellular dinoflagellates, family Symbiodiniaceae form the foundation of coral reefs. For nearly a century, researchers have delved into understanding the coral-algal mutualism from multiple levels of resolution and perspectives, and the questions and scope have evolved with each iteration of new techniques. Advances in genetic technologies not only aided in distinguishing between the multitude of Symbiodiniaceae but also illuminated the existence and diversity of other organisms constituting the coral microbiome. The coral therefore is a meta-organism, often referred to as the coral holobiont. In this review, we address the importance of including a holistic perspective to understanding the coral holobiont. We also discuss the ramifications of how different genotypic combinations of the coral consortium affect the holobiont entity. We highlight the paucity of data on most of the coral microbiome. Using Symbiodiniaceae data, we present evidence that the holobiont properties are not necessarily the sum of its parts. We then discuss the consequences of the holobiont attributes to the fitness of the holobiont and the myriad of organisms that contribute to it. Considering the complexity of host-symbiont genotypic combinations will aid in our understanding of coral resilience, robustness, acclimation, and/or adaptation in the face of environmental change and increasing perturbations.
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