Habitat-specific environmental conditions primarily control the microbiomes of the coral Seriatopora hystrix.

ABSTRACT: Reef-building corals form complex relationships with a range of microorganisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi and the unicellular microalgae of the genus Symbiodinium, which together form the coral holobiont. These symbionts are known to have both beneficial and deleterious effects on their coral host, but little is known about what the governing factors of these relationships are, or the interactions that exist between the different members of the holobiont and their environment. Here we used 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing to investigate how archaeal and bacterial communities associated with the widespread scleractinian coral Seriatopora hystrix are influenced by extrinsic (reef habitat and geographic location) and intrinsic (host genotype and Symbiodinium subclade) factor

SUBMITTER: Pantos O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4542040 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature