Relationship between Acropora millepora juvenile fluorescence and composition of newly established Symbiodinium assemblage.

ABSTRACT: Coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis is the key biological interaction enabling existence of modern-type coral reefs, but the mechanisms regulating initial host-symbiont attraction, recognition and symbiont proliferation thus far remain largely unclear. A common reef-building coral, Acropora millepora, displays conspicuous fluorescent polymorphism during all phases of its life cycle, due to the differential expression of fluorescent proteins (FPs) of the green fluorescent protein family. In this study, we examine whether fluorescent variation in young coral juveniles exposed to natural sediments is associated with the uptake of disparate Symbiodinium assemblages determined using ITS-2 deep sequencing. We found that Symbiodinium assemblages varied significantly when redness v

SUBMITTER: Quigley KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6005160 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature