tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post7828226432717865586..comments2023-06-16T12:27:49.821+01:00Comments on Microbes Rule the Waves - 2013: Photosynthetic symbionts influence the microbiome associated with coral reef invertebratesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-39516670771107209422013-10-30T18:51:54.674+00:002013-10-30T18:51:54.674+00:00Thanks Kat, will do.Thanks Kat, will do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400426162718169047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-63901115164778946762013-10-23T00:29:32.039+01:002013-10-23T00:29:32.039+01:00Some interesting work done by Roman Stocker (in co...Some interesting work done by Roman Stocker (in collaboration with David Bourne) on chemotaxis response of microbes to heat stressed coral mucus. He found that there is a two fold increase in the speed at which bacteria get to the coral mucus compared to healthy mucus. Further research looked into what the hurry essentially was to get to the stressed coral? This found some incredibly interesting findings on the "storms" produced by cilia beating and in fact the microbes don't just linearly flow past the coral polyps and attach but instead get tossed around in vortex's. Really interesting stuff Rachel check out some of his work.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385379163432713873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-44937621655536138772013-10-16T11:40:47.206+01:002013-10-16T11:40:47.206+01:00Thanks for highlighting that Colin. I think that ...Thanks for highlighting that Colin. I think that more work needs to be done to establish whether the photosynthesising symbionts (both eurkaryotic and Bacterial) play a pivotal role in structuring the microbial communities associated with the reef invertebrates. Testing should expand upon the work carried out here, both in terms of underpinning the causal relationships of the microbiome and the host organisms looked at. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05400426162718169047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441491750914005356.post-66537162893188913872013-10-08T14:10:18.801+01:002013-10-08T14:10:18.801+01:00Thanks for a nice summary Rachel. It's importa...Thanks for a nice summary Rachel. It's important to note that the authors posted a correction* recognizing that the correlation only applied to the eukaryotic symbionts (Symbiodinium and diatoms), whereas some of the corals also contained photosynthetic cyanobacteria. Perhaps cyanobacteria contribute much less in the way of released organic molecules (esp. DMSP) that shape the community? * http://www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v7/n7/full/ismej201371a.htmlColin Munnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574545828249747262noreply@blogger.com