Carly Scott

Holobiont Traits Shape Climate Change Responses in Cryptic Coral Lineages Rising seawater temperatures threaten reef-building corals; yet some genetically distinct but morphologically similar (i.e., cryptic) coral populations can be specialized to extreme (high-temperature...

Also, highly recommend this related read from @cgrupstra.bsky.social et al. on Porites and cryptic structure in the Pacific; integrating physiology and morphology measurments with Porites holobiont data! doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

As (geographically correlated) cryptic genetic structure emerges as a common feature of many hard coral taxa, this emphasizes that not accouting for host genetics may lead to over estimation of holobiont flexibility across environments.

New paper on drivers of holobiont assembly in massive Porites #coral in Australia. Long story short: genetic structure trumps local environment and size class to determine both Symbiodiniaceae and microbiome communities. doi.org/10.1371/jour... @heatshok.bsky.social

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Out in @natbiotech.nature.com: Metagenome taxonomy profilers usually ignore unknown species. SingleM is an accurate profiler which doesn't, even detecting phyla with no MAGs. Profiles of 700,000 metagenomes at sandpiper.qut.edu.au. A 🧵

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Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper - Nature Biotechnology Novel microbial species in metagenomes are identified using conserved regions within universal marker genes.

Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper - @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social go.nature.com/3IwOxHh

New paper is out! We infer "isolation by environment" across landscape using random forest regression, and show how the resulting model (predicting optimal environment based on genotype) can be used in conservation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #RDAforest #GEA 🧪🌏

GitHub - cb-scott/StCroix_ReefMetagenomics Contribute to cb-scott/StCroix_ReefMetagenomics development by creating an account on GitHub.

Within we also present a cost-effective protocol to generate low coverage whole genome shotgun sequencing libraries without the need of commercial kits. Details: github.com/cb-scott/StC...

The microbial fingerprint: fine-scale environmental, genetic, and temporal factors drive the reef metagenome during coral spawning Understanding the stability of microbial community assembly on coral reefs is crucial for determining their response to changing environments. Here, we evaluate how the marine sediment, water column, ...

Exploring how corals connect with their environment! 🪸🌊 Our new preprint investigates the (surprisingly large!) role of diel time, genotype, and fine-scale reef variation in shaping metagenomic communities in and around corals during annual spawning: tinyurl.com/2u3jvwja
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Cell type-specific immune regulation under symbiosis in a facultatively symbiotic coral Abstract. Many cnidarians host single-celled algae within gastrodermal cells, yielding a mutually beneficial exchange of nutrients between host and symbion

Very excited to have our first #singlecell data paper out in the world. Dr. Valadez Ingersoll worked so hard on this piece and we learned so much about #coral #symbiosis!

Cell type-specific immune regulation under symbiosis in a facultatively symbiotic coral url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Leveraging the GBR-MGD, we find that seawater microbes can reliably predict fisheries management practice. Microbes indicative of No Take Marine Reserves (NTMRs) have streamlined, low-GC genomes, fished reefs do not—turned out to be very interesting!

Excellent work led by @markoterzin.bsky.social

Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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