ENGINEERING MICROBIAL SYMBIONTS THAT INCREASE CORAL CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Coral adaptation to climate change: Meta-analysis reveals high heritability across multiple traits

Kevin R Bairos-Novak, Mia O Hoogenboom, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Sean R Connolly

2021-09-05

Anthropogenic climate change is a rapidly intensifying selection pressure on biodiversity across the globe and, particularly, on t..

Cell Wall Proteomic Analysis of the Cnidarian Photosymbionts Breviolum minutum and Cladocopium goreaui.

Giada Tortorelli, Clinton A Oakley, Simon K Davy, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Geoffrey I McFadden

2021-08-27

The algal cell wall is an important cellular component that functions in defense, nutrient utilization, signaling, adhesion, and c..

A role for bacterial experimental evolution in coral bleaching mitigation?

Justin Maire, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2021-08-21

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

Cell surface carbohydrates of symbiotic dinoflagellates and their role in the establishment of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

Giada Tortorelli, Carsten Rautengarten, Antony Bacic, Gabriela Segal, Berit Ebert, Simon K Davy, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Geoffrey McFadden

2021-07-20

Symbiodiniaceae algae are often photosymbionts of reef-building corals. The establishment of their symbiosis resembles a microbial..

Development of a free radical scavenging bacterial consortium to mitigate oxidative stress in cnidarians

Ashley M Dungan, Dieter Bulach, Heyu Lin, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Linda L Blackall

2021-07-14

Corals are colonized by symbiotic microorganisms that profoundly influence the animal's health. One noted symbiont is a single-cel..

Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions

Wing Yan Chan, John G Oakeshott, Patrick Buerger, Owain R Edwards, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2021-02-20

Marine microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms capable of photosynthesis. They are impo..

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

2021-02-08

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

Maternal effects in gene expression of interspecific coral hybrids

Wing Yan Chan, Jessica Chung, Lesa M Peplow, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2021-01-01

Maternal effects have been well documented for offspring morphology and life history traits in plants and terrestrial animals, yet..

A breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis of coral heat tolerance

Madeleine JH van Oppen, John G Oakeshottc

2020-11-17

Reef-building corals are cnidarian animals (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) that mostly live in colonies composed of hundreds of thousands..

Development of a free radical scavenging probiotic to mitigate coral bleaching

Ashley Dungan, Dieter Bulach, Heyu Lin, Madeleine van Oppen, Linda Blackall

2020-07-03

<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Corals are colonized by symbiotic microorganisms that exert a profound influence on the animal’s health. One not..

Genome-wide SNP analysis reveals an increase in adaptive genetic variation through selective breeding of coral

Kate M Quigley, Line K Bay, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-06-20

Marine heat waves are increasing in magnitude, duration, and frequency as a result of climate change and are the principal global ..

Assessment of bacterial community composition within and among Acropora loripes colonies in the wild and in captivity

Katarina Damjanovic, Linda L Blackall, Lesa M Peplow, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-05-29

A growing number of studies have provided insights into the diversity of coral-associated bacteria and their function in the coral..

Gene regulation underpinning increased thermal tolerance in a laboratory-evolved coral photosymbiont

Leela J Chakravarti, Patrick Buerger, Rachel A Levin, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-05-25

Small increases in ocean temperature can disrupt the obligate symbiosis between corals and dinoflagellate microalgae, resulting in..

Heat-evolved microalgal symbionts increase coral bleaching tolerance

P Buerger, C Alvarez-Roa, CW Coppin, SL Pearce, LJ Chakravarti, JG Oakeshott, R Edwards, MJH van Oppen

2020-05-13

Coral reefs worldwide are suffering mass mortalities from marine heat waves. With the aim of enhancing coral bleaching tolerance, ..

Microbiota characterization of Exaiptasia diaphana from the Great Barrier Reef.

Leon Michael Hartman, Madeleine Josephine Henriette van Oppen, Linda Louise Blackall

2020-04-05

BACKGROUND: Coral reefs have sustained damage of increasing scale and frequency due to climate change, thereby intensifying the ne..

Exaiptasia diaphana from the great barrier reef: a valuable resource for coral symbiosis research

Ashley M Dungan, Leon M Hartman, Giada Tortorelli, Roy Belderok, Annika M Lamb, Lynn Pisan, Geoffrey I McFadden, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-02-06

The sea anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana, previously known as Exaiptasia pallida or Aiptasia pallida, has become increasingly popular ..

Symbiodiniaceae-bacteria interactions: rethinking metabolite exchange in reef-building corals as multi-partner metabolic networks

Jennifer L Matthews, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Tim Kahlke, Justin R Seymour, Madeleine JH van Oppen, David J Suggett

2020-01-23

The intimate relationship between scleractinian corals and their associated microorganisms is fundamental to healthy coral reef ec..

Host Genotypic Effect on Algal Symbiosis Establishment in the Coral Model, the Anemone Exaiptasia diaphana, From the Great Barrier Reef

Giada Tortorelli, Roy Belderok, Simon K Davy, Geoffrey McFadden, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-01-22

The mutualistic symbiosis between cnidarians and photosynthetic dinoflagellates supports one of the most diverse ecosystems on the..

Assessing the role of historical temperature regime and alga symbionts on the heat tolerance of coral juveniles

KM Quigley, CJ Randall, MJH van Oppen, LK Bay

2020-01-01

The rate of coral reef degradation from climate change is accelerating and, as a consequence, a number of interventions to increas..

Mixed-mode bacterial transmission in the common brooding coral Pocillopora acuta

Katarina Damjanovic, Patricia Menendez, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2020-01-01

Reef-building corals form associations with a huge diversity of microorganisms, which are essential for the survival and well-bein..

The Effect of Thermal Stress on the Bacterial Microbiome of Exaiptasia diaphana

Leon M Hartman, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Linda L Blackall

2020-01-01

Coral bleaching linked to climate change has generated interest in the response of coral's bacterial microbiome to thermal stress...

Bacterial and algal symbiont dynamics in early recruits exposed to two adult coral species

Katarina Damjanovic, Linda L Blackall, Patricia Menendez, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2019-11-12

Corals live in a symbiotic relationship with various microorganisms including bacteria, some of which are essential for host healt..

The active spread of adaptive variation for reef resilience

Kate M Quigley, Line K Bay, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2019-09-02

The speed at which species adapt depends partly on the rates of beneficial adaptation generation and how quickly they spread withi..

Coral microbiome dynamics, functions and design in a changing world

Madeleine JH van Oppen, Linda L Blackall

2019-09-01

Corals associate not only with dinoflagellates, which are their algal endosymbionts and which have been extensively studied over t..

The roles of age, parentage and environment on bacterial and algal endosymbiont communities in Acropora corals

Wing Yan Chan, Lesa M Peplow, Patricia Menendez, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

2019-08-01

The bacterial and microalgal endosymbiont (Symbiodiniaceae spp.) communities associated with corals have important roles in their ..