How corals get their nutrients

Elizabeth A Hambleton

doi:10.7554/eLife.90916

How corals get their nutrients

Elizabeth A Hambleton (Corresponding author)

Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science

Publications: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Peer Reviewed

Abstract

Algae living inside corals provide sugars for their host by digesting their own cell walls.

Original language	English
Article number	e90916
Number of pages	3
Journal	eLife
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90916
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 14 Life Below Water

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106012 Evolutionary research
106026 Ecosystem research
106059 Microbiome research
106021 Marine biology

Keywords

Animals
Nutrients
Anthozoa
Cell Wall
microbiology
monosaccharide
algae
evolutionary biology
infectious disease
coral
symbiosis
Symbiodiniaceae
cell wall

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How corals get their nutrients

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UN SDGs

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