Composition, diversity and functional potential of bacterial community in four stony coral species from the South China Sea.

Zimu Li, Xinyu Liao, Li Mo, Qi Liao, Kaijun Lin, Xinyi Bao, Jijia Sun, Xiaoyong Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zimu Li *University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Xinyu Liao *University Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Li MoUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Qi LiaoUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Kaijun LinUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Xinyi BaoUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Jijia SunUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Xiaoyong ZhangUniversity Joint Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao Region on Marine Bioresource Conservation and Exploitation, College of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

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Abstract

Recent investigations of coral symbiotic microorganisms have largely centered on their ecological functions, while systematic analyses of the community composition, diversity, and functional potential of bacteria associated with different coral species remain limited. This study presents the first systematic analysis of the distinct community structures and highly conserved core functions of symbiotic bacteria in four species of stony corals

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bacterial community structure diversitycoral symbiotic bacteriafunctional predictionhigh-throughput sequencingSouth China Sea stony corals

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PMID41743129

DOI10.3389/fmicb.2026.1759094

PMCPMC12929457

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