Coral Microbiome and Microbial Ecology
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1154
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coral ecology; coral culture; marine microbilogy
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Dear Colleagues,
Corals are cosmopolitan marine organisms found in all environments ranging from shallow to deep seas and from warm to very cold environments. They are an evolutionarily ancient group of organisms, originating 415 million years ago. Of these, scleractinian, or stony corals, are the basis of coral reefs that make up vast oceanographic structures such as barrier and fringing reefs, as well as island atolls. These reefs provide shelter to shorelines, a source of food and pleasure for many countries and important sources of novel biomaterials. The evolutionary success of corals is due in part to their complex associations with a variety of microorganisms ranging from protists to bacteria and viruses. The close association between coral animal hosts and their accompanying microorganisms has resulted in their definition as holobionts. These associations range from parasitic to mutualistic in nature, playing important roles in coral health, nutrition, physical protection, and disease mitigation. Understanding the nature of these associations provides an important impetus to the ongoing study of microbial ecology of corals. This Special Issue provides a glimpse into the varied associations between corals and their accompanying microorganisms in an attempt to elucidate the diverse roles of these microorganisms in these holobionts’ ecological and evolutionary success.
Dr. Esti Kramarsky-Winter
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coral
- holobiont
- microbiota
- polyp
- protist
- skeleton
- microbiome
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