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I recently have started to learn a bit of mycology and the incredible relationship between the plants and fungi. now we know there's a symbiotic relationship between the coral and its zooxanthellae, and with the new introduction to dna sequencing we are on the cusp of learning more about the balance and diversity of bacteria for a healthy reef tank. Maybe one day we start dosing fungal species that play an important role to aid coral health/disease prevention/more efficient transfer of nutrients between the coral and its zooxanthellae... I read a study that really sparked my interest. Part of me wants to start swabbing coral and seeing what I find on some agar plates.
I would love to here peoples thoughts on this.
"Eleven fungal OTUs, spanning two phyla and four classes were found in 90% of coral holobionts, and four of these were found in all samples. These fungi are the likeliest candidates for an ecologically significant association and/or coevolution with the A. hyacinthus holobiont. Detecting the limits of the geographical distribution and the host phylogenetic breadth of these associates in other natural coral systems will aid in understanding the drivers of coral fungal community composition."(Amend, A., Barshis, D. & Oliver, T. Coral-associated marine fungi form novel lineages and heterogeneous assemblages. ISME J 6, 1291–1301 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.193)
I recently have started to learn a bit of mycology and the incredible relationship between the plants and fungi. now we know there's a symbiotic relationship between the coral and its zooxanthellae, and with the new introduction to dna sequencing we are on the cusp of learning more about the balance and diversity of bacteria for a healthy reef tank. Maybe one day we start dosing fungal species that play an important role to aid coral health/disease prevention/more efficient transfer of nutrients between the coral and its zooxanthellae... I read a study that really sparked my interest. Part of me wants to start swabbing coral and seeing what I find on some agar plates.
I would love to here peoples thoughts on this.
"Eleven fungal OTUs, spanning two phyla and four classes were found in 90% of coral holobionts, and four of these were found in all samples. These fungi are the likeliest candidates for an ecologically significant association and/or coevolution with the A. hyacinthus holobiont. Detecting the limits of the geographical distribution and the host phylogenetic breadth of these associates in other natural coral systems will aid in understanding the drivers of coral fungal community composition."(Amend, A., Barshis, D. & Oliver, T. Coral-associated marine fungi form novel lineages and heterogeneous assemblages. ISME J 6, 1291–1301 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.193)
Coral-associated marine fungi form novel lineages and heterogeneous assemblages - The ISME Journal
Coral stress tolerance is intricately tied to the animal's association with microbial symbionts. The most well-known of these symbioses is that between corals and their dinoflagellate photobionts (Symbiodinium spp.), whose genotype indirectly affects whether a coral can survive cyclical and...
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