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The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions
Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms, some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against climate change. However, knowledge gaps and technical challenges limit our understanding of the nature and functional s...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36882224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad005 |
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author | Mohamed, Amin R Ochsenkühn, Michael A Kazlak, Ahmed M Moustafa, Ahmed Amin, Shady A |
author_facet | Mohamed, Amin R Ochsenkühn, Michael A Kazlak, Ahmed M Moustafa, Ahmed Amin, Shady A |
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description | Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms, some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against climate change. However, knowledge gaps and technical challenges limit our understanding of the nature and functional significance of complex symbiotic relationships within corals. Here, we provide an overview of the complexity of the coral microbiome focusing on taxonomic diversity and functions of well-studied and cryptic microbes. Mining the coral literature indicate that while corals collectively harbour a third of all marine bacterial phyla, known bacterial symbionts and antagonists of corals represent a minute fraction of this diversity and that these taxa cluster into select genera, suggesting selective evolutionary mechanisms enabled these bacteria to gain a niche within the holobiont. Recent advances in coral microbiome research aimed at leveraging microbiome manipulation to increase coral’s fitness to help mitigate heat stress-related mortality are discussed. Then, insights into the potential mechanisms through which microbiota can communicate with and modify host responses are examined by describing known recognition patterns, potential microbially derived coral epigenome effector proteins and coral gene regulation. Finally, the power of omics tools used to study corals are highlighted with emphasis on an integrated host–microbiota multiomics framework to understand the underlying mechanisms during symbiosis and climate change-driven dysbiosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-100459122023-03-29 The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions Mohamed, Amin R Ochsenkühn, Michael A Kazlak, Ahmed M Moustafa, Ahmed Amin, Shady A FEMS Microbiol Rev Review Article Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms, some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against climate change. However, knowledge gaps and technical challenges limit our understanding of the nature and functional significance of complex symbiotic relationships within corals. Here, we provide an overview of the complexity of the coral microbiome focusing on taxonomic diversity and functions of well-studied and cryptic microbes. Mining the coral literature indicate that while corals collectively harbour a third of all marine bacterial phyla, known bacterial symbionts and antagonists of corals represent a minute fraction of this diversity and that these taxa cluster into select genera, suggesting selective evolutionary mechanisms enabled these bacteria to gain a niche within the holobiont. Recent advances in coral microbiome research aimed at leveraging microbiome manipulation to increase coral’s fitness to help mitigate heat stress-related mortality are discussed. Then, insights into the potential mechanisms through which microbiota can communicate with and modify host responses are examined by describing known recognition patterns, potential microbially derived coral epigenome effector proteins and coral gene regulation. Finally, the power of omics tools used to study corals are highlighted with emphasis on an integrated host–microbiota multiomics framework to understand the underlying mechanisms during symbiosis and climate change-driven dysbiosis. Oxford University Press 2023-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10045912/ /pubmed/36882224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad005 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of FEMS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Review Article Mohamed, Amin R Ochsenkühn, Michael A Kazlak, Ahmed M Moustafa, Ahmed Amin, Shady A The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title | The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title_full | The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title_fullStr | The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title_full_unstemmed | The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title_short | The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
title_sort | coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045912/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36882224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuad005 |
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