Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience
Coral reefs house one-third of all marine species and are of high cultural and socioeconomic importance. However, coral reefs are under dire threat from climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. Climate change is causing coral bleaching, the breakdown of the symbiosis between the coral host...
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| author | Linda L. Blackall Madeleine J. H. van Oppen Justin Maire Talisa Doering |
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| description | Coral reefs house one-third of all marine species and are of high cultural and socioeconomic importance. However, coral reefs are under dire threat from climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. Climate change is causing coral bleaching, the breakdown of the symbiosis between the coral host and its algal symbionts, often resulting in coral mortality and the deterioration of these valuable ecosystems. While it is essential to counteract the root causes of climate change, it remains urgent to develop coral restoration and conservation methods that will buy time for coral reefs. The manipulation of the bacterial microbiome that is associated with corals has been suggested as one intervention to improve coral climate resilience. Early coral microbiome-manipulation studies, which are aimed at enhancing bleaching tolerance, have shown promising results, but the inoculated bacteria did generally not persist within the coral microbiome. Here, we highlight the importance of long-term incorporation of bacterial inocula into the microbiome of target corals, as repeated inoculations will be too costly and not feasible on large reef systems like the Great Barrier Reef. Therefore, coral microbiome-manipulation studies need to prioritise approaches that can provide sustained coral climate resilience. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27f68848ecff485695d86154987b27f62023-03-10T17:45:37ZengCSIRO PublishingMicrobiology Australia1324-42722201-91892023-01-014413640MA23009Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilienceLinda L. Blackall0Madeleine J. H. van Oppen1Justin Maire2Talisa Doering3School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia; and Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Qld, Australia.School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.Coral reefs house one-third of all marine species and are of high cultural and socioeconomic importance. However, coral reefs are under dire threat from climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. Climate change is causing coral bleaching, the breakdown of the symbiosis between the coral host and its algal symbionts, often resulting in coral mortality and the deterioration of these valuable ecosystems. While it is essential to counteract the root causes of climate change, it remains urgent to develop coral restoration and conservation methods that will buy time for coral reefs. The manipulation of the bacterial microbiome that is associated with corals has been suggested as one intervention to improve coral climate resilience. Early coral microbiome-manipulation studies, which are aimed at enhancing bleaching tolerance, have shown promising results, but the inoculated bacteria did generally not persist within the coral microbiome. Here, we highlight the importance of long-term incorporation of bacterial inocula into the microbiome of target corals, as repeated inoculations will be too costly and not feasible on large reef systems like the Great Barrier Reef. Therefore, coral microbiome-manipulation studies need to prioritise approaches that can provide sustained coral climate resilience.https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA23009assisted evolutioncoral bleachingcoral microbiomemicrobiome manipulationprobiotics |
| spellingShingle | Linda L. Blackall Madeleine J. H. van Oppen Justin Maire Talisa Doering Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience Microbiology Australia assisted evolution coral bleaching coral microbiome microbiome manipulation probiotics |
| title | Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience |
| title_full | Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience |
| title_fullStr | Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience |
| title_short | Advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long-term climate resilience |
| title_sort | advancing coral microbiome manipulation to build long term climate resilience |
| topic | assisted evolution coral bleaching coral microbiome microbiome manipulation probiotics |
| url | https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/pdf/MA23009 |
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