Adult fragments of a coral species can better tolerate bleaching and recover faster when treated with tougher heat-evolved symbionts, new research indicates. The study also found that treatment ...

This pandemic year has restricted international travel for humans. Not so for some microscopic bacteria in the ocean: They partner up with clams living in the sand beneath the shimmering waters of ...

Symbiosis is ubiquitous in nature and constitutes a major source of evolutionary innovation, playing a fundamental role in the origin and diversification of eukaryotic life on Earth 1. Microbial ...

The study is titled "Heat-tolerant algal symbionts may prevent extirpation of the threatened elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, in Florida during intensifying marine heat waves." advertisement Phys.org ...

In 2021, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, reported an astonishing new form ...

These symbionts - now known as Thiodioazotropha weberae and lotti - are found in the clam Loripes orbiculatus on the Italian island of Elba, where the symbionts peacefully co-exist in the gills of ...

Heat-tolerant algal symbionts may prevent extirpation of the threatened elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, in Florida during intensifying marine heatwaves. Coral Reefs , 2025; DOI: 10.1007/s00338 ...

The high level of co-infection with multiple pathogens and symbionts has important implications for diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne diseases.

CAMBRIDGE — “Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere,” a new exhibition at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, is not for the faint of heart nor the weak of stomach.There are things ...

Adult fragments of a coral species can better tolerate bleaching and recover faster when treated with tougher heat-evolved symbionts, new research from the Australian Institute of Marine Science ...

A study published in the journal Coral Reefs reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)—a foundational species in Caribbean reef ...