Specificity and stability in high latitude eastern Pacific coral‐algal symbioses

By Todd C. LaJeunesse, H. R. Bonilla, Mark E. Warner, M. Wills, Gregory W. Schmidt, W. Fitt. 2008

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Long‐standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host–symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium (2010, background): “Several other Clade D Symbiodinium appear specific to coral species whose distributions extend to subtropical and temperate high-latitude environments, including Pocillopora from the eastern Pacific (LaJeunesse et al., 2008) and Oulastrea crispata in the northwest Pacific (Lien et al., 2007).”
Ecologically differentiated stress-tolerant endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) Clade D are different species (2014, methodology): “This screening process is used to identify, excise and sequence the numerically dominant sequence variant(s) comprising the ribosomal array in the genome of the resident symbiont in each sample (for protocol details as well as primer sequences, see LaJeunesse 2002, LaJeunesse et al. 2008).”
Patterns of Symbiodinium distribution in three giant clam species across the biodiverse Bird’s Head region of Indonesia (2012, background): “The bulk of recent research on Symbiodinium diversity is based on DGGE analysis of ITS2 rDNA, which has been suggested to be the most broadly applicable and appropriate marker for characterizing Symbiodinium diversity (LaJeunesse 2001, Correa et al. 2009).”
Understanding diversity in coral-algal symbiosis: a cluster-based approach to interpreting fine-scale genetic variation in the genus Symbiodinium (2009, background): “In recent years, sampling effort per host species has generally increased (e.g., Frade et al. 2008a, b, c; Sampayo et al. 2008), particularly for common and/or important reef-building taxa (LaJeunesse et al. 2008b; Macdonald et al. 2008).”
Novel algal symbiont (Symbiodinium spp.) diversity in reef corals of Western Australia (2011, background): “…et al. 2008, Thornhill et al. 2008) and in isolated locations (e.g. LaJeunesse et al. 2004a) and studies done on the host species sampled in the present study throughout the Indo-Pacific (e.g. Loh et al. 2001, LaJeunesse et al. 2003, 2004b, 2008, 2010a, Chen et al. 2005, McClanahan et al. 2005).”
Clade D Symbiodinium in Scleractinian Corals: A “Nugget” of Hope, a Selfish Opportunist, an Ominous Sign, or All of the Above? (2011, background): “Although clade D Symbiodinium are considered relatively rare in comparison to clades B or C, they are the dominant endosymbionts in some host species, such as Pocillopora from the Gulf of California (Eastern Pacific), Montipora patula from Johnston atoll (Central Pacific), and Oulastrea crispata fro”