ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2024
The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- Taxonomy, tissue, and habitat influence mollusk microbial communities.The ISME journal · 2026Pooled it
- Coral-associated denitrification is seasonally variable and species-specific.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Heterotrophic feeding and symbiotic state shape the chemical microenvironment, microbiome composition, and activity in the coral gastrovascular cavity.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Nonlinear response mechanisms of microbial communities to coral reef biogeomorphy in the South China Sea.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- UniCoracle: automated hierarchical feature selection via bottom-up propagation and top-down skimming using the UniCorP algorithm and the Coracle machine-learning framework.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Coral-associated microbiome dynamics under thermal and pollution stress.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Weak Structure and Environment-Associated Loci Across a Eutrophication Gradient in a Resilient Coral Species.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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- Coral Mucus Microbial Community Change and Resistant Strategy Under UV Radiation: A Case fromMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Stress-Resistant Symbiodiniaceae and Diverse Bacterial Communities Promote Coral Persistence in Variable, Multi-Stressor Environments.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Hidden Fungal Diversity of the Precious Mediterranean Red Coral Corallium rubrum.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
- Decoding coral resistance to eutrophication through the association of hyper‑efficient denitrifiers as key microbial allies.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Functional Microbiomes at the Interface: Mediators in Marine Biofouling and Larval Settlement.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Microbes first into the life rafts: preserving microbiomes to secure health in degrading ecosystems.Sustainable microbiology · 2026Article
- Symbiotic state affects microbiome recovery in a facultatively symbiotic cnidarian.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Role of Core Microbiome Shifts in Octocoral Litophyton Under Diurnal Temperature Fluctuations.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Nutritional and Microbial Responses of Pocillopora verrucosa to Co-Culture With Chromis viridis Damselfish.Environmental microbiology reports · 2026Article
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11 authors at 9 institutions in 7 countries.
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Abstract
Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the cnidarian animal host and a diverse community of bacteria, archaea, viruses and eukaryotic microorganisms. Recent research shows that the bacterial microbiome has a pivotal role in coral biology. A healthy bacterial assemblage contributes to nutrient cycling and stress resilience, but pollution, overfishing and climate change can break down these symbiotic relationships, which results in disease, bleaching and, ultimately, coral death. Although progress has been made in characterizing the spatial-temporal diversity of bacteria, we are only beginning to appreciate their functional contribution. In this Review, we summarize the ecological and metabolic interactions between bacteria and other holobiont members, highlight the biotic and abiotic factors influencing the structure of bacterial communities and discuss the impact of climate change on these communities and their coral hosts. We emphasize how microbiome-based interventions can help to decipher key mechanisms underpinning coral health and promote reef resilience. Finally, we explore how recent technological developments may be harnessed to address some of the most pressing challenges in coral microbiology, providing a road map for future research in this field.
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