A Snapshot of a Coral “Holobiont”: A Transcriptome Assembly of the Scleractinian Coral, Porites, Captures a Wide Variety of Genes from Both the Host and Symbiotic Zooxanthellae

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 1; p. e85182
• Main Authors: Shinzato, Chuya, Inoue, Mayuri, Kusakabe, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.01.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acropora; Acropora millepora; Amino acids; Analysis; Animals; Anthozoa; Anthozoa - genetics; Bioinformatics; Biology; Calcification; Chemistry; Complementarity; Coral reefs; Corals; Gene expression; Gene sequencing; Genes; Genomes; Genomics; Metabolism; Microorganisms; Molecular interactions; Molecular modelling; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; Porites; Porites australiensis; Studies; Symbiodinium; Symbionts; Symbiosis; Thermal resistance; Thermal stress; Transcriptome; Zooxanthellae; Japan; Okinawa

Massive scleractinian corals of the genus Porites are important reef builders in the Indo-Pacific, and they are more resistant to thermal stress than other stony corals, such as the genus Acropora. Because coral health and survival largely depend on the interaction between a coral host and its symbi...