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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

The Coral Probiotics Village: An Underwater Laboratory to Tackle the Coral Reefs Crisis.

Neus Garcias-Bonet, Helena Villela, Francisca C García, Gustavo A S Duarte, Nathalia Delgadillo-Ordoñez, Inês Raimundo, Yusuf C El-Khaled, Erika P Santoro, Morgan Bennett-Smith, Brian O Nieuwenhuis and 22 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Neus Garcias-BonetBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6469-7167
Helena VillelaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-503X
Francisca C GarcíaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5363-1015
Gustavo A S DuarteBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7950-3975
Nathalia Delgadillo-OrdoñezBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-3280
Inês RaimundoBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4589-527X
Yusuf C El-KhaledBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Erika P SantoroBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4962-1356
Morgan Bennett-SmithBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-8939
Brian O NieuwenhuisBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4228-6989
João CurdiaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1495-7164
Brian ZgliczynskiUniversity of California San Diego San Diego California USA.
Clinton EdwardsUniversity of California San Diego San Diego California USA.
Stuart SandinUniversity of California San Diego San Diego California USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1714-4492
Eslam O OsmanBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-8186
Ronell SicatVisualization Core Lab King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7037-1614
Alexander PrzybyszComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Alexandre S RosadoBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5135-1394
Burton H JonesBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-1593
Francesca BenzoniBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-1309
Michael L BerumenBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2463-2742
Khaled SalamaComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-1282
Shinkyu ParkComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Manuel ArandaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-016X
Carlos M DuarteBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1213-1361
Sebastian Schmidt-RoachBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Charlotte A E HauserLaboratory for Nanomedicine, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8251-7246
Tadd TruscottDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1613-6052
David J SuggettKAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative (KRRI) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal Saudi Arabia.
Christian R VoolstraDepartment of Biology University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-3795
Susana CarvalhoBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1300-1953
Raquel S PeixotoBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9536-3132

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Restoration efforts are urgently needed for the conservation of coral reefs. Among emerging tools, the use of probiotics has shown promise in laboratory settings for improving coral resilience, but their validation under real-world reef conditions remains limited. Here, we present the Coral Probiotics Village (CPV) as a novel and fully operational underwater research laboratory and a testing ground designed to support the in situ testing of microbial-based coral restoration interventions. This manuscript describes the design, establishment, and scientific validation of the CPV, including continuous environmental monitoring, a summary of previously developed pilot trials of probiotic applications, and an integration of sensor networks, AI-assisted reef monitoring, and autonomous technologies. We propose the CPV as a scalable model for integrated coral restoration science and suggest its replication as a tool to accelerate applied reef conservation efforts globally.

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beneficial microorganisms for coralscoral microbiome stewardshipcoral reefs restorationmicrobial‐based therapiessustained environmental data observationstechnology development

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PMID40625325
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