Using Aiptasia as a Model to Study Metabolic Interactions in Cnidarian-Symbiodinium Symbioses

Sugar enrichment provides evidence for a role of nitrogen fixation in coral bleaching

(2017) Claudia Pogoreutz et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Acceptable symbiont cell size differs among cnidarian species and may limit symbiont diversity

(2017) Elise Biquand et al.   ISME Journal

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

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

(2017) Jennifer L. Matthews et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Symbiotic Dinoflagellate Functional Diversity Mediates Coral Survival under Ecological Crisis

(2017) David J. Suggett et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Subcellular tracking reveals the location of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in microalgae and visualises its uptake by marine bacteria

(2017) Jean-Baptiste Raina et al.   eLife

High salinity conveys thermotolerance in the coral model Aiptasia

(2017) Hagen M. Gegner et al.   Biology Open

Genome-wide polymorphism and signatures of selection in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia

(2016) Emily S. Bellis et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Tracking microbial interactions with NanoSIMS

(2016) Niculina Musat et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Nutritional input from dinoflagellate symbionts in reef-building corals is minimal during planula larval life stage

(2016) C. Kopp et al.   Science Advances

Aiptasia sp. larvae as a model to reveal mechanisms of symbiont selection in cnidarians

(2016) Iliona Wolfowicz et al.   Scientific Reports

Genomes of coral dinoflagellate symbionts highlight evolutionary adaptations conducive to a symbiotic lifestyle

(2016) M. Aranda et al.   Scientific Reports

Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora

(2015) Kimberley A Lema et al.   ISME Journal

Symbiont type influences trophic plasticity of a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

(2015) M. C. Leal et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Metabolite profiling of symbiont and host during thermal stress and bleaching in a model cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

(2015) Katie E. Hillyer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The genome ofAiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis

(2015) Sebastian Baumgarten et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New insights into carbon acquisition and exchanges within the coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis under NH4+and NO3−supply

(2015) Leïla Ezzat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

(2015) Nils Rädecker et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Subcellular Investigation of Photosynthesis-Driven Carbon Assimilation in the Symbiotic Reef Coral Pocillopora damicornis

(2015) Christophe Kopp et al.   mBio

Induction of Gametogenesis in the Cnidarian Endosymbiosis Model Aiptasia sp.

(2015) Désirée Grawunder et al.   Scientific Reports

A nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry study of dinoflagellate functional diversity in reef-building corals

(2014) Mathieu Pernice et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The influence of symbiont type on photosynthetic carbon flux in a model cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

(2014) Dorota E. Starzak et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Morphological revision of the genus Aiptasia and the family Aiptasiidae (Cnidaria, Actiniaria, Metridioidea)

(2014) ALEJANDRO GRAJALES et al.   ZOOTAXA

Not just who, but how many: the importance of partner abundance in reef coral symbioses

(2014) Ross Cunning et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Coral Bleaching Independent of Photosynthetic Activity

(2013) Dimitri Tolleter et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Isolation of clonal axenic strains of the symbiotic dinoflagellateSymbiodiniumand their growth and host specificity1

(2013) Tingting Xiang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

(2013) Christian Wild et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Population genetic data of a model symbiotic cnidarian system reveal remarkable symbiotic specificity and vectored introductions across ocean basins

(2013) Daniel J. Thornhill et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A journey into the wild of the cnidarian model systemAiptasiaand its symbionts

(2013) Christian R. Voolstra   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Highly Dynamic Cellular-Level Response of Symbiotic Coral to a Sudden Increase in Environmental Nitrogen

(2013) C. Kopp et al.   mBio

Nutrient cycling in early coral life stages:Pocillopora damicornislarvae provide their algal symbiont (Symbiodinium) with nitrogen acquired from bacterial associates

(2013) Janja Ceh et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Extensive Differences in Gene Expression Between Symbiotic and Aposymbiotic Cnidarians

(2013) Erik M. Lehnert et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis

(2012) Mathieu Pernice et al.   ISME Journal

Autotrophic carbon budget in coral tissue: a new 13C-based model of photosynthate translocation

(2012) P. Tremblay et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Physiological and Biochemical Performances of Menthol-Induced Aposymbiotic Corals

(2012) Jih-Terng Wang et al.   PLoS One

Diel rhythmicity of lipid-body formation in a coral-Symbiodinium endosymbiosis

(2011) W.-N. U. Chen et al.   CORAL REEFS

High phosphate uptake requirements of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

(2011) C. Godinot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lipid bodies in coral-dinoflagellate endosymbiosis: Proteomic and ultrastructural studies

(2011) Shao-En Peng et al.   PROTEOMICS

Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont

(2009) Shinichi Sunagawa et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Energetics approach to predicting mortality risk from environmental stress: a case study of coral bleaching

(2009) Kenneth R. N. Anthony et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Development of clade-specific Symbiodinium primers for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and their application to detecting clade D symbionts in Caribbean corals

(2009) Adrienne M. S. Correa et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts

(2008) DAVID YELLOWLEES et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders

(2008) K. R. N. Anthony et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals

(2008) Virginia M. Weis et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION