Microbes guide corals looking to find a home

Trends Microbiol. 2023 Dec 8:S0966-842X(23)00335-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.017. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoral reefs are facing unprecedented anthropogenic pressures impacting critical processes such as recruitment of juvenile corals. Through larval choice assays and co-occurrence network analyses, a recent study by Turnlund et al. identified microbial taxa within reef biofilms that positively correlate and therefore have potential key roles in inducing coral settlement.PMID:38071163 | DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.017

Source: Trends in Microbiology - December 9, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: David G Bourne Yui Sato Hillary A Smith Source Type: research