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ReviewMicroorganisms2021

Intracellular Bacterial Symbionts in Corals: Challenges and Future Directions.

Justin Maire, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine J H van Oppen

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Review in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Microorganisms · 2025
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  9. Coral Lipids.Marine drugs · 2023
    Review
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  11. Bacterial Microbiota ofMicroorganisms · 2023
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Justin MaireSchool of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1976-2323
Linda L BlackallSchool of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
Madeleine J H van OppenSchool of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4607-0744

Funding

Australian Research Council FL180100036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corals are the main primary producers of coral reefs and build the three-dimensional reef structure that provides habitat to more than 25% of all marine eukaryotes. They harbor a complex consortium of microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses, and protists, which they rely on for their survival. The symbiosis between corals and bacteria is poorly studied, and their symbiotic relationships with intracellular bacteria are only just beginning to be acknowledged. In this review, we emphasize the importance of characterizing intracellular bacteria associated with corals and explore how successful approaches used to study such microorganisms in other systems could be adapted for research on corals. We propose a framework for the description, identification, and functional characterization of coral-associated intracellular bacterial symbionts. Finally, we highlight the possible value of intracellular bacteria in microbiome manipulation and mitigating coral bleaching.

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bacteriacoralintracellularsymbiosis

Identifiers

PMID34835335
PMCPMC8619543

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