Gustavo A. S. Duarte

TL;DR: The results indicate that the microbiome in corals can be manipulated to lessen the effect of bleaching, thus helping to alleviate pathogen and temperature stresses, with the addition of BMCs representing a promising novel approach for minimizing coral mortality in the face of increasing environmental impacts.

TL;DR: The effects of increased seawater temperature on bacteria able to fix nitrogen (diazotrophs) that live in association with the mussid coral Mussismilia harttii were investigated and consistent increases in diazotrophic abundances and diversities were found at increased temperatures.

TL;DR: The introduced bacterial consortium was responsible for the highly efficient degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons, and it minimised the effects of WSFs on coral health, as indicated by raised photosynthetic efficiencies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted omics analyses on the coral Mussismilia hispida exposed to bleaching conditions in a long-term mesocosm experiment and inoculated with a selected BMC consortium or a saline solution placebo.

TL;DR: The mass die-off in 2019 is unprecedented in the South Atlantic reefs and coincides with increased heating events as discussed by the authors, and the decline was due to bleaching associated with exposure to high temperature stress culminating in DHW values exceeding 15 for a period of 50 days.