Lauren K. Yum

TL;DR: It is shown that the microbiome of reef corals is different across thermally variable habitats and changes over time when corals are reciprocally transplanted, but not for heat-tolerant corals growing in habitats with natural high heat extremes.

TL;DR: Novel Endozoicomonas-specific probes revealed that EndozoIComonas bacteria were abundant in the endodermal tissues of S. pistillata and appear to have an intimate relationship with the coral.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used 454 sequencing to generate transcriptome data from two Symbiodinium species from different clades (clade A and clade B) with more than 56,000 assembled sequences per species, these data represent the largest transcriptomic resource for dinoflagellates to date.

TL;DR: Analysis of the expressed bacterial gene functions establishes the participation of multiple bacterial families in WPD pathogenesis and also suggests a possible involvement of viruses and/or phages in structuring the bacterial assemblage.

TL;DR: It is argued that bleached corals benefit from the stable composition of mucus bacteria that resemble their healthy coral counterparts and presumably provide a conserved suite of protective functions, but monitoring of post-bleaching survival is needed to further confirm this assumption.