Lipidomic and physiological changes in the coral Acropora aspera during bleaching and recovery.

ABSTRACT: Heat stress and other factors cause the loss of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates by corals, and is known as coral bleaching. Coral reef bleaching is a global environmental problem. To better understand corals' responses and adaptability to stressful conditions, we applied a lipidomic approach in combination with cytometry and microscopy to study the coral bleaching of Acropora aspera under heat stress (32 °C) and subsequent recovery. For eight days of bleaching, the coral lost 50% of its symbiont population and 100% after a week of recovery. It took 126 days to fully recover the symbiont population, content of chlorophyll a and reserve lipids. There were degradations in symbionts' thylakoids and disruption of thylakoid lipid homeostasis. Variations in the content of phosphatidylinositols invo

SUBMITTER: Sikorskaya TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836136 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature