Clade-Specific Sterol Metabolites in Dinoflagellate Endosymbionts Are Associated with Coral Bleaching in Response to Environmental Cues
ABSTRACT Cnidarians cannot synthesize sterols (which play essential roles in growth and development) de novo but often use sterols acquired from endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. While sterol availability can impact the mutualistic interaction between coral host and algal symbiont, the biosynthetic pat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-10-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00765-20 |