Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 114; no. 50; pp. 13194 - 13199
• Main Authors: Matthews, Jennifer L., Crowder, Camerron M., Oakley, Clinton A., Lutz, Adrian, Roessner, Ute, Meyer, Eli, Grossman, Arthur R., Weis, Virginia M., Davy, Simon K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 12.12.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Biological Sciences; Catabolism; Climate change; Compatibility; Coral bleaching; Coral Reefs; Corals; Dinoflagellates; Dinoflagellida - genetics; Dinoflagellida - metabolism; Dinoflagellida - physiology; Exaiptasia pallida; Gene expression; Homology; Immune response; Immune system; Metabolites; Metabolome; Metabolomics; Oxidative Stress; Provisioning; Sea Anemones - genetics; Sea Anemones - metabolism; Sea Anemones - physiology; Signaling; Symbiodinium; Symbionts; Symbiosis; Symbiosis - genetics; Symbiosis - immunology; Transcriptome; cnidarian; transcriptomics; metabolomics; Symbiodinium; Aiptasia

The relationship between corals and dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium is fundamental to the functioning of coral ecosystems. It has been suggested that reef corals may adapt to climate change by changing their dominant symbiont type to a more thermally tolerant one, although the capacity for...