Microbiome Restructuring: Dominant Coral Bacterium <i>Endozoicomonas</i> Species Respond Differentially to Environmental Changes
Kshitij Tandon, Yu‐Jing Chiou, Sheng-Ping Yu, Hernyi Justin Hsieh, Chih-Ying Lu, Ming‐Tsung Hsu, Pei‐Wen Chiang, Hsing‐Ju Chen, Naohisa Wada, Sen‐Lin Tang
Abstract
The coral microbiome has been known to play a crucial role in host health. In recent years, we have known that the coral microbiome changes in response to external stressors and that coral hosts structure their microbiome in a host-specific manner.
Topics & Concepts
MicrobiomeCoralBiologyHost (biology)HolobiontEcologyBacteriaSymbiosisGeneticsCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyAquaculture disease management and microbiota