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Hauptverfasser: Catacora-Grundy, Andrea, Kramer, Netanel, Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard, Kühl, Michael, Decelle, Johan, Wangpraseurt, Daniel
Format: Artículo científico
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: The ISME journal 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41603534/
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author Catacora-Grundy, Andrea
Kramer, Netanel
Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard
Kühl, Michael
Decelle, Johan
Wangpraseurt, Daniel
author_facet Catacora-Grundy, Andrea
Kramer, Netanel
Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard
Kühl, Michael
Decelle, Johan
Wangpraseurt, Daniel
Catacora-Grundy, Andrea
Kramer, Netanel
Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard
Kühl, Michael
Decelle, Johan
Wangpraseurt, Daniel
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Intra-colony light gradients drive variation in coral symbiont morphology and carbon storage. Catacora-Grundy, Andrea Kramer, Netanel Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard Kühl, Michael Decelle, Johan Wangpraseurt, Daniel Animals Anthozoa Symbiosis Light Carbon Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Dinoflagellida Energy Metabolism Oxygen Light availability plays a central role in shaping the photophysiology and energy metabolism of photosymbiotic organisms such as reef-building corals. Although light varies greatly within coral colonies, the effects of this spatial heterogeneity on the subcellular organization and energy storage of symbiotic algae (Symbiodiniaceae) remain poorly understood. Here, we combined microscale measurements of light and oxygen across both light-exposed upper regions and shaded basal regions of a Favites abdita colony with three-dimensional cellular imaging using focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy. Our multiscale approach revealed subcellular heterogeneity among symbiont populations, suggesting different cell-cycle stages and physiological states across a spatial stratification in the coral. Subcellular morphometrics revealed that symbiont cells at the top of the colony were twice as voluminous as those at the shaded base, despite similar plastid volume occupancy. Compared to symbionts at the top of the colony, symbionts in the basal region accumulated nearly three times more starch relative to their cell volume. These findings show that light gradients within coral colonies shape symbiont morphology and energy storage patterns, with important implications for coral stress tolerance and resilience.
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spellingShingle Intra-colony light gradients drive variation in coral symbiont morphology and carbon storage.
Catacora-Grundy, Andrea
Kramer, Netanel
Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard
Kühl, Michael
Decelle, Johan
Wangpraseurt, Daniel
Animals
Anthozoa
Symbiosis
Light
Carbon
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Dinoflagellida
Energy Metabolism
Oxygen
Intra-colony light gradients drive variation in coral symbiont morphology and carbon storage. Catacora-Grundy, Andrea Kramer, Netanel Jakobsen, Sofie Lindegaard Kühl, Michael Decelle, Johan Wangpraseurt, Daniel Animals Anthozoa Symbiosis Light Carbon Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Dinoflagellida Energy Metabolism Oxygen Light availability plays a central role in shaping the photophysiology and energy metabolism of photosymbiotic organisms such as reef-building corals. Although light varies greatly within coral colonies, the effects of this spatial heterogeneity on the subcellular organization and energy storage of symbiotic algae (Symbiodiniaceae) remain poorly understood. Here, we combined microscale measurements of light and oxygen across both light-exposed upper regions and shaded basal regions of a Favites abdita colony with three-dimensional cellular imaging using focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy. Our multiscale approach revealed subcellular heterogeneity among symbiont populations, suggesting different cell-cycle stages and physiological states across a spatial stratification in the coral. Subcellular morphometrics revealed that symbiont cells at the top of the colony were twice as voluminous as those at the shaded base, despite similar plastid volume occupancy. Compared to symbionts at the top of the colony, symbionts in the basal region accumulated nearly three times more starch relative to their cell volume. These findings show that light gradients within coral colonies shape symbiont morphology and energy storage patterns, with important implications for coral stress tolerance and resilience.
title Intra-colony light gradients drive variation in coral symbiont morphology and carbon storage.
topic Animals
Anthozoa
Symbiosis
Light
Carbon
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Dinoflagellida
Energy Metabolism
Oxygen
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41603534/