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A change of expression in the conserved signaling gene MKK7 is associated with a selective sweep in the western house mouse Mus musculus domesticus.

scientific article

A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

A journey into the wild of the cnidarian model system Aiptasia and its symbionts

scientific article published on September 2013

A test of the neutral model of expression change in natural populations of house mouse subspecies.

scientific article

Absence of genetic differentiation in the coral Pocillopora verrucosa along environmental gradients of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

article by Vanessa Robitzch et al published 11 February 2015 in Frontiers in Marine Science

Adapting with Microbial Help: Microbiome Flexibility Facilitates Rapid Responses to Environmental Change

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

Advanced identification of global bioactivity hotspots via screening of the metabolic fingerprint of entire ecosystems

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

Advancing Genomics through the Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA)

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Aiptasia as a model to study metabolic diversity and specificity in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses

Aiptasia sp. larvae as a model to reveal mechanisms of symbiont selection in cnidarians.

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Alkaloids from the Sponge Stylissa carteri Present Prospective Scaffolds for the Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1)

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An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region.

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

An optimized embryonic stem cell model for consistent gene expression and developmental studies. A fundamental study

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Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change

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Anti-cancer agents in Saudi Arabian herbals revealed by automated high-content imaging

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Aqueous extracts of the marine brown alga Lobophora variegata inhibit HIV-1 infection at the level of virus entry into cells

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Assessing Symbiodinium diversity in scleractinian corals via next-generation sequencing-based genotyping of the ITS2 rDNA region

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Assessing the effects of iron enrichment across holobiont compartments reveals reduced microbial nitrogen fixation in the Red Sea coral Pocillopora verrucosa

scientific article published on 31 July 2017

Association of coral algal symbionts with a diverse viral community responsive to heat shock

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Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata

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Bacterial profiling of White Plague Disease across corals and oceans indicates a conserved and distinct disease microbiome

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Bacterial profiling of White Plague Disease in a comparative coral species framework

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Bicarbonate transporters in corals point towards a key step in the evolution of cnidarian calcification

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Bioactive Potential of Marine Macroalgae from the Central Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) Assessed by High-Throughput Imaging-Based Phenotypic Profiling

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula

scientific article published on 02 January 2017

Blind to morphology: genetics identifies several widespread ecologically common species and few endemics among Indo-Pacific cauliflower corals (Pocillopora, Scleractinia)

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Building Consensus around the Assessment and Interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae Diversity

scholarly article

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

scientific article published on 2 May 2023

Captive rearing of the deep-sea coral Eguchipsammia fistula from the Red Sea demonstrates remarkable physiological plasticity

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Characterization of new microsatellite loci for population genetic studies in the Smooth Cauliflower Coral (Stylophora sp.)

article published in 2013

Comparative Assessment of Mediterranean Gorgonian-Associated Microbial Communities Reveals Conserved Core and Locally Variant Bacteria.

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Comparative analysis of the genomes of Stylophora pistillata and Acropora digitifera provides evidence for extensive differences between species of corals

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Comparative analysis of the genomes of Stylophora pistillata and Acropora digitifera provides evidence for extensive differences between species of corals

Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals

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Condition-specific RNA editing in the coral symbiont Symbiodinium microadriaticum

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Contrasting evolution of expression differences in the testis between species and subspecies of the house mouse.

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Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance

scientific article published on 03 August 2021

Coracle—a machine learning framework to identify bacteria associated with continuous variables

scientific article published on 20 December 2023

Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner

scientific article published on 12 July 2019

Coral holobiont cues prime Endozoicomonas for a symbiotic lifestyle

scientific article published in 2022

Coral host transcriptomic states are correlated with Symbiodinium genotypes

scientific article published on 8 February 2010

Coral life history and symbiosis: Functional genomic resources for two reef building Caribbean corals, Acropora palmata and Montastraea faveolata

Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea.

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Coral microbiome diversity reflects mass coral bleaching susceptibility during the 2016 El Niño heat wave

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

scientific article published in 2021

Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the central Red Sea – a naturally high temperature and high total alkalinity environment

scientific article published in 2018

Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the naturally high temperature and high alkalinity environment of the Red Sea

Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the naturally high temperature and high total alkalinity environment of the Red Sea

Coral transcriptome and bacterial community profiles reveal distinct Yellow Band Disease states in Orbicella faveolata.

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Corals exhibit distinct patterns of microbial reorganisation to thrive in an extreme inshore environment

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Corals in the hottest reefs in the world exhibit symbiont fidelity not flexibility

scientific article published on 17 February 2020

Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

scientific article published in 2022

Corrigendum: Using Aiptasia as a Model to Study Metabolic Interactions in Cnidarian-Symbiodinium Symbioses.

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Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems

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DNA methylation regulates transcriptional homeostasis of algal endosymbiosis in the coral model Aiptasia

scientific article published on 15 August 2018

DNA methylation regulates transcriptional homeostasis of algal endosymbiosis in the coral modelAiptasia

Denitrification Aligns with N2 Fixation in Red Sea Corals

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Desert plant bacteria reveal host influence and beneficial plant growth properties

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Development and heat stress-induced transcriptomic changes during embryogenesis of the scleractinian coral Acropora palmata

scientific article published in March 2010

Development of the Red Sea Biogeographic Information System

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Developmental transcriptome of Aplysia californica

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2011)

Diel cycle of sea spray aerosol concentration

scientific article published on 16 September 2021

Differential Ecological Specificity of Protist and Bacterial Microbiomes across a Set of Termite Species

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Differential sensitivity of coral larvae to natural levels of ultraviolet radiation during the onset of larval competence

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Differential specificity between closely related corals and abundant Endozoicomonas endosymbionts across global scales

scientific article published on 08 July 2016

Disentangling the complex microbial community of coral reefs using standardized Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Distinct Bacterial Communities Associated with the Coral Model Aiptasia in Aposymbiotic and Symbiotic States with Symbiodinium

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Distinct Bacterial Microbiomes Associate with the Deep-Sea Coral Eguchipsammia fistula from the Red Sea and from Aquaria Settings

Divergent expression of hypoxia response systems under deoxygenation in reef-forming corals aligns with bleaching susceptibility

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Diversity and function of prevalent symbiotic marine bacteria in the genus Endozoicomonas

scientific article published in October 2016

Dominance of Endozoicomonas bacteria throughout coral bleaching and mortality suggests structural inflexibility of the Pocillopora verrucosa microbiome

scientific article published on 25 January 2018

Down to the bone: the role of overlooked endolithic microbiomes in reef coral health

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Ecological and molecular characterization of a coral black band disease outbreak in the Red Sea during a bleaching event

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

Ecological specificity of the metagenome in a set of lower termite species supports contribution of the microbiome to adaptation of the host

Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean

scientific article published in 2023

Effects of temperature on gene expression in embryos of the coral Montastraea faveolata

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Emergence of distinct syntenic density regimes is associated with early metazoan genomic transitions

scientific article published on 17 February 2022

Endozoicomonas genomes reveal functional adaptation and plasticity in bacterial strains symbiotically associated with diverse marine hosts

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Engineering Strategies to Decode and Enhance the Genomes of Coral Symbionts

scientific article published on 30 June 2017

Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral

Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral.

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Erratum: Publisher Correction: genomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Evidence for a role of protein phosphorylation in the maintenance of the cnidarian-algal symbiosis

scientific article published on 06 December 2019

Evidence for a role of viruses in the thermal sensitivity of coral photosymbionts

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Evidence for coral range expansion accompanied by reduced diversity of Symbiodinium genotypes

Evidence for miRNA-mediated modulation of the host transcriptome in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

scientific article published on 8 December 2017

Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium).

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Evolutionary insights into scleractinian corals using comparative genomic hybridizations

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Excess labile carbon promotes the expression of virulence factors in coral reef bacterioplankton

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Expression of a symbiosis-specific gene in Symbiodinium type A1 associated with coral, nudibranch and giant clam larvae.

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Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

Extensive phenotypic plasticity of a Red Sea coral over a strong latitudinal temperature gradient suggests limited acclimatization potential to warming.

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

First biological measurements of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea.

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First insight into the viral community of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data

scientific article published in March 2018

First record of crustose coralline algae diseases in the Red Sea

scientific article published in 2017

Flexibility in Red Sea -Symbiodiniaceae associations supports environmental niche adaptation

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From cholera to corals: Viruses as drivers of virulence in a major coral bacterial pathogen

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Gene Expression Variation Resolves Species and Individual Strains among Coral-Associated Dinoflagellates within the Genus Symbiodinium

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Gene expression microarray analysis encompassing metamorphosis and the onset of calcification in the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata

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Gene expression of settled and metamorphosed Orbicella faveolata during establishment of symbiosis

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Gene expression of settled and metamorphosed Orbicella faveolata during establishment of symbiosis

Genome-Based Analyses of Six Hexacorallian Species Reject the "Naked Coral" Hypothesis

scientific article published in October 2017

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

scientific article published in 2022

High levels of floridoside at high salinity link osmoadaptation with bleaching susceptibility in the cnidarian-algal endosymbiosis

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

High rates of carbon and dinitrogen fixation suggest a critical role of benthic pioneer communities in the energy and nutrient dynamics of coral reefs

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

High salinity tolerance of the Red Sea coral Fungia granulosa under desalination concentrate discharge conditions: an in situ photophysiology experiment

High temporal resolution of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dynamics during heat stress does not support a causative role in coral bleaching

scientific article published on 8 January 2024

High-resolution phenotypic profiling of natural products-induced effects on the single-cell level

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Hologenome analysis of two marine sponges with different microbiomes

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Horizontal acquisition of Symbiodiniaceae in the Anemonia viridis (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) species complex

scientific article published on 29 November 2020

Hypoxia as a physiological cue and pathological stress for coral larvae

scientific article published on 30 October 2021

Identification and gene expression analysis of a taxonomically restricted cysteine-rich protein family in reef-building corals

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Identification of a 3-Alkylpyridinium Compound from the Red Sea Sponge with Inhibitory Activity against the West Nile Virus NS3 Protease

Identification of a gene expression core signature for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) via integrative analysis reveals novel potential compounds for treatment

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Identification of differentially expressed genes involved in the formation of multicellular tumor spheroids by HT-29 colon carcinoma cells.

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Identification of microRNAs in the coral Stylophora pistillata

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In situ effects of simulated overfishing and eutrophication on settlement of benthic coral reef invertebrates in the Central Red Sea.

scientific article published on 08 April 2014

In situ observations of coral bleaching in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea during the 2015/2016 global coral bleaching event.

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In-Situ Effects of Simulated Overfishing and Eutrophication on Benthic Coral Reef Algae Growth, Succession, and Composition in the Central Red Sea

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

In-situ effects of eutrophication and overfishing on physiology and bacterial diversity of the red sea coral Acropora hemprichii

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Insights into viral community composition of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data

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Insights into viral community composition of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data

scholarly article published 13 October 2017

Integrating microRNA and mRNA expression profiling in Symbiodinium microadriaticum, a dinoflagellate symbiont of reef-building corals

scientific article (publication date: 12 October 2013)

Juvenile octocorals acquire similar algal symbiont assemblages across depths

scientific article published on 26 February 2024

Laboratory-Cultured Strains of the Sea Anemone Exaiptasia Reveal Distinct Bacterial Communities

Limits to physiological plasticity of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from the central Red Sea

article by Maren Ziegler et al published 26 July 2014 in Coral Reefs

Location-specific responses to thermal stress in larvae of the reef-building coral Montastraea faveolata

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Long-term salinity tolerance is accompanied by major restructuring of the coral bacterial microbiome

scientific article published on 3 February 2016

Loss of coral thermotolerance following year-long in situ nursery propagation with a consecutively high summer heat-load

scientific article published on 8 June 2024

Marine Invertebrate Larvae Associated with Symbiodinium: A Mutualism from the Start?

scientific article published in 2017

Mesophotic coral depth acclimatization is a function of host-specific symbiont physiology

article published in 2015

Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

scientific article published on 15 February 2018

Metatranscriptome analysis of the reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata indicates holobiont response to coral disease

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Microbes support enhanced nitrogen requirements of coral holobionts in a high CO<sub>2</sub> environment

scientific article published on 4 October 2021

Microbial community composition of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea provides insight into functional adaption to a unique environment

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Microbiome structure of the fungid coral Ctenactis echinata aligns with environmental differences

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems

scientific article published in 2023

Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia

scientific article published on 17 March 2023

Molecular methods for biofilms

Naturally occurring fire coral clones demonstrate a genetic and environmental basis of microbiome composition

scientific article published on 04 November 2021

Nitrogen Fixation Aligns with nifH Abundance and Expression in Two Coral Trophic Functional Groups

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Nitrogen fixation and denitrification activity differ between coral- and algae-dominated Red Sea reefs

scientific article published on 03 June 2021

Nutrient Availability and Metabolism Affect the Stability of Coral-Symbiodiniaceae Symbioses

scientific article published on 12 April 2019

Nutrient stress arrests tentacle growth in the coral model Aiptasia

Ocean One: A Robotic Avatar for Oceanic Discovery

Ocean-related options for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A machine learning-based evidence map protocol

Physical Mechanisms Routing Nutrients in the Central Red Sea

Prevalent and persistent viral infection in cultures of the coral algal endosymbiont Symbiodinium

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Probiotics reshape the coral microbiome in situ without detectable off-target effects in the surrounding environment

scientific article published on 9 April 2024

Projecting coral responses to intensifying marine heatwaves under ocean acidification

scientific article published on 03 August 2021

Publisher Correction: Denitrification Aligns with N2 Fixation in Red Sea Corals

scientific article published on 06 March 2020

Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

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Rapid evolution of coral proteins responsible for interaction with the environment

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Rare symbionts may contribute to the resilience of coral-algal assemblages

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Reefgenomics.org - a repository for marine genomics data

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Repeated observations of cetaceans and carcharhiniformes associations in the Red Sea

Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Revealing microbial functional activities in the Red Sea sponge Stylissa carteri by metatranscriptomics

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Seasonal Stability in the Microbiomes of Temperate Gorgonians and the Red Coral Corallium rubrum Across the Mediterranean Sea.

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Short-term heat stress assays resolve effects of host strain, repeat stress, and bacterial inoculation on Aiptasia thermal tolerance phenotypes

scientific article published on 4 October 2023

Spatial and seasonal reef calcification in corals and calcareous crusts in the central Red Sea

article by Anna Roik et al published 14 December 2015 in Coral Reefs

Spatio-temporal analyses of Symbiodinium physiology of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa along large-scale nutrient and temperature gradients in the Red Sea

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Spirochaetes dominate the microbial community associated with the red coral Corallium rubrum on a broad geographic scale

scientific article published on 06 June 2016

Stable mucus-associated bacterial communities in bleached and healthy corals of Porites lobata from the Arabian Seas.

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Standardized short-term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Status of coral reefs of Upolu (Independent State of Samoa) in the South West Pacific and recommendations to promote resilience and recovery of coastal ecosystems

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Stimulated Respiration and Net Photosynthesis in Cassiopeia sp. during Glucose Enrichment Suggests in hospite CO2 Limitation of Algal Endosymbionts

Structural molecular components of septate junctions in cnidarians point to the origin of epithelial junctions in eukaryotes

scientific article published on 21 September 2014

Sugar enrichment provides evidence for a role of nitrogen fixation in coral bleaching

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Surface Topography, Bacterial Carrying Capacity, and the Prospect of Microbiome Manipulation in the Sea Anemone Coral Model Aiptasia

scientific article published on 08 April 2021

SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

Symbiodinium transcriptomes: genome insights into the dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals

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Symbiodiniumgenomes reveal adaptive evolution of functions related to symbiosis

The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widespread Coral Reef Destruction

The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): developing community resources to study diverse invertebrate genomes

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The Microbiome of the Red Sea Coral Stylophora pistillata Is Dominated by Tissue-Associated Endozoicomonas Bacteria.

scientific article published in January 2014

The Tara Pacific expedition-A pan-ecosystemic approach of the "-omics" complexity of coral reef holobionts across the Pacific Ocean

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

The World Coral Conservatory: A Noah's ark for corals to support survival of reef ecosystems

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

The chloroplast genome of a Symbiodinium sp. clade C3 isolate

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world

scientific article published on 4 March 2024

The effect of surface colour on the formation of marine micro and macrofouling communities

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

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The host transcriptome remains unaltered during the establishment of coral-algal symbioses.

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The many faced symbiotic snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis, Anthozoa): host and symbiont genetic differentiation among colour morphs

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

The microbiome of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata is dominated by tissue-associated Endozoicomonas bacteria

scientific article published on 24 May 2013

The role of floridoside in osmoadaptation of coral-associated algal endosymbionts to high-salinity conditions

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Thermal refugia against coral bleaching throughout the northern Red Sea.

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Tissue-Specific Microbiomes of the Red Sea Giant Clam Tridacna maxima Highlight Differential Abundance of Endozoicomonadaceae

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Transcriptional response of the heat shock gene hsp70 aligns with differences in stress susceptibility of shallow-water corals from the Mediterranean Sea

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Transcriptomes and expression profiling of deep-sea corals from the Red Sea provide insight into the biology of azooxanthellate corals

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Unexpected complexity of the reef-building coral Acropora millepora transcription factor network ⬇️

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Urbanization comprehensively impairs biological rhythms in coral holobionts

scientific article published in 2022

Using Aiptasia as a Model to Study Metabolic Interactions in Cnidarian-Symbiodinium Symbioses

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Whole-genome sequences of three symbiotic endozoicomonas strains

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Worldwide Occurrence and Activity of the Reef-Building Coral Symbiont Symbiodinium in the Open Ocean

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Year-Long Monitoring of Physico-Chemical and Biological Variables Provide a Comparative Baseline of Coral Reef Functioning in the Central Red Sea

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