Justin Maire

Lack of evidence for the oxidative stress theory of bleaching in the sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, under elevated temperature

AM Dungan, J Maire, A Perez-Gonzalez, LL Blackall, MJH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2022  |  Coral Reefs

To survive in nutrient-poor waters corals rely on a symbiotic association with intracellular microalgae. However, increased sea te..

Long-Term Heat Selection of the Coral Endosymbiont Cladocopium C1(acro) (Symbiodiniaceae) Stabilizes Associated Bacterial Communities

Patrick Buerger, Ruby T Vanstone, Justin Maire, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Heat-tolerant strains of the coral endosymbiont, Cladocopium C1acro (Symbiodiniaceae), have previously been developed via experime..

Effects of Ocean Warming on the Underexplored Members of the Coral Microbiome

Justin Maire, Patrick Buerger, Wing Yan Chan, Pranali Deore, Ashley M Dungan, Matthew R Nitschke, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The climate crisis is one of the most significant threats to marine ecosystems. It is leading to severe increases in sea surface t..

A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?

Justin Maire, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2022  |  TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Coral reefs are rapidly declining because of widespread mass coral bleaching causing extensive coral mortality. Elevated seawater ..

The transposable element-rich genome of the cereal pest Sitophilus oryzae

Nicolas Parisot, Carlos Vargas-Chavez, Clement Goubert, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Severine Balmand, Louis Beranger, Caroline Blanc, Aymeric Bonnamour, Matthieu Boulesteix, Nelly Burlet, Federica Calevro, Patrick Callaerts, Theo Chancy, Hubert Charles, Stefano Colella, Andre Da Silva Barbosa, Elisa Dell'Aglio, Alex Di Genova, Gerard Febvay, Toni Gabaldon, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae is one of the most important agricultural pests, causing extensive damage to cereal ..

Intracellular Bacterial Symbionts in Corals: Challenges and Future Directions

Justin Maire, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROORGANISMS

Corals are the main primary producers of coral reefs and build the three-dimensional reef structure that provides habitat to more ..

Microbiome characterization of defensive tissues in the model anemone Exaiptasia diaphana

Justin Maire, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC MICROBIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. This success relies on the coral's associat..

Intracellular bacteria are common and taxonomically diverse in cultured and in hospite algal endosymbionts of coral reefs (Feb, 10.1038/ s41396-021-00902-4, 2021)

Justin Maire, Sam K Girvan, Sophie E Barkla, Alexis Perez-Gonzalez, David J Suggett, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  ISME JOURNAL

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00970-6

Intracellular bacteria are common and taxonomically diverse in cultured and in hospite algal endosymbionts of coral reefs

Justin Maire, Sam K Girvan, Sophie E Barkla, Alexis Perez-Gonzalez, David J Suggett, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  ISME JOURNAL

Corals house a variety of microorganisms which they depend on for their survival, including endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiod..

Endosymbiosis morphological reorganization during metamorphosis diverges in weevils.

Justin Maire, Bessem Chouaia, Anna Zaidman-Rémy, Abdelaziz Heddi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Commun Integr Biol

Virtually all animals associate with beneficial symbiotic bacteria. Whether and how these associations are modulated across a host..