Metagenome sequencing of coral microbial communities from various locations to study how coral hosts communicate with their associated microbial community
A study on the effect of diet on the bacterial communities associated to two cold water coral species, Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata, maintained in captivity
Coral reefs are threatened by worldwide disease and bleaching events due to rising temperatures and anthropogenic impacts. Recent studies suggest the ability of corals to resist disease is dependent o
We investigated the effects of coral host age on microbiome bacterial diversity. This was done by determining the age of 91 individual colonies of Porites lutea collected from five locations in Singap