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dc.contributor.authorHume, BC
dc.contributor.authorD'Angelo, C
dc.contributor.authorSmith, EG
dc.contributor.authorStevens, JR
dc.contributor.authorBurt, J
dc.contributor.authorWiedenmann, J
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-11T10:29:38Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-27
dc.description.abstractCoral reefs are in rapid decline on a global scale due to human activities and a changing climate. Shallow water reefs depend on the obligatory symbiosis between the habitat forming coral host and its algal symbiont from the genus Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae). This association is highly sensitive to thermal perturbations and temperatures as little as 1°C above the average summer maxima can cause the breakdown of this symbiosis, termed coral bleaching. Predicting the capacity of corals to survive the expected increase in seawater temperatures depends strongly on our understanding of the thermal tolerance of the symbiotic algae. Here we use molecular phylogenetic analysis of four genetic markers to describe Symbiodinium thermophilum, sp. nov. from the Persian/Arabian Gulf, a thermally tolerant coral symbiont. Phylogenetic inference using the non-coding region of the chloroplast psbA gene resolves S. thermophilum as a monophyletic lineage with large genetic distances from any other ITS2 C3 type found outside the Gulf. Through the characterisation of Symbiodinium associations of 6 species (5 genera) of Gulf corals, we demonstrate that S. thermophilum is the prevalent symbiont all year round in the world's hottest sea, the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipNERCen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipERC, Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007–2013)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 5, pp. 8562 -en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep08562
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/I01683X/1en_GB
dc.identifier.grantnumber311179en_GB
dc.identifier.othersrep08562
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/19705
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25720577en_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.nature.com/articles/srep08562en_GB
dc.rightsCopyright © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dc.subjectAdaptation, Physiologicalen_GB
dc.subjectBase Sequenceen_GB
dc.subjectConservation of Natural Resourcesen_GB
dc.subjectCoral Reefsen_GB
dc.subjectCytochromes ben_GB
dc.subjectDNA, Ribosomal Spaceren_GB
dc.subjectDinoflagellidaen_GB
dc.subjectGenes, Protozoanen_GB
dc.subjectGenetic Markersen_GB
dc.subjectGlobal Warmingen_GB
dc.subjectIndian Oceanen_GB
dc.subjectPhylogenyen_GB
dc.subjectProtozoan Proteinsen_GB
dc.subjectSeawateren_GB
dc.subjectSequence Analysis, DNAen_GB
dc.subjectSymbiosisen_GB
dc.titleSymbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2016-02-11T10:29:38Z
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
exeter.place-of-publicationEngland
dc.descriptionPublished onlineen_GB
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_GB
dc.descriptionResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'ten_GB
dc.identifier.journalScientific Reportsen_GB


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