Tilmann Harder

TL;DR: Recent advances in the understanding of macroalgal-bacterial interactions with reference to the diversity and functional role of epiphytic bacteria in maintaining algal health are reported, highlighting the holobiont concept.

TL;DR: This review provides a brief account of existing knowledge of marine biofilms that are relevant to settlement mediation, biotechnological application ofBiofilms with respect to developing non-toxic antifouling technologies and improving the operation of aquaculture facilities, and challenges and future directions for advancing the understanding of settlement-mediating functions of biofilm.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that marine macroalgae harbour species-specific and temporally adapted epiphytic bacterial biofilms on their surfaces, as well as consistent seasonal differences on each algal species at a bacterial phylum level.

TL;DR: The results, in which an actual cue from bacteria has been characterized for the first time, contribute significantly towards understanding the complex process of acroporid coral larval settlement mediated through epibiotic microbial biofilms on crustose coralline algae.

TL;DR: Two classes of CCA cell wall-associated compounds – glycoglycerolipids and polysaccharides – are identified as the main constituents of settlement inducing fractions, suggesting their ability to act in an ecologically relevant fashion to steer larval settlement of corals.