Differential apicomplexan presence predicts thermal stress mortality in the Mediterranean coral Paramuricea clavata

Abstract

Paramuricea clavata is an ecosystem architect of the Mediterranean temperate reefs that is currently declining due to climate change-induced mortality. Here we characterize the microbiome of P. clavata using metabarcoding, with a particular focus on microeukaryotes. We identify differential microbiome compositions between healthy and diseased colonies, and report new potential pathogens among the microeukaryotic fraction of the coral microbiome.

Anthony Bonacolta

PhD Student · Now Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of British Columbia

My PhD research focused on understanding the roles of micro-eukaryotes and bacteria in marine organisms, including the coral holobiont during bleaching from a single-cell perspective.

Javier del Campo

Group Leader

My research aims at understanding the global diversity and distribution of eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes employing curated phylogenetic frameworks focusing on novel environmental taxa.