Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere
We propose that the coral holobiont should be conceptualized as a diverse transient microbial community that is responsive to the surrounding environment and encompasses a simple, redundant, resident microbiome and a small conserved core microbiome. Most importantly, we show that the coral microbiom...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-10-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00812-18 |