Estrogen induces shift in abundances of specific groups of the coral microbiome.

ABSTRACT: Synthetic estrogens such as ethinylestradiol (EE2) are persistent micropollutants that are not effectively removed from wastewater by conventional treatments. These contaminants are released into waterbodies, where they disrupt endocrine systems of organisms and cause harmful effects such as feminization, infertility, reproduction problems and genital malformations. The consequences of this pollution for key marine ecosystems such as coral reefs and their associated microbiomes are underexplored. We evaluated the effects of EE2 concentrations of 100 ng L^-1 and 100 µg L^-1 on the coral metaorganism Mussismilia harttii. The results indicated no effects on visible bleaching or F_v/F_m ratios in the corals during a 17-day microcosm experiment. However,

SUBMITTER: Vilela CLS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature