Interactions within the microbiome alter microbial interactions with host chemical defences and affect disease in a marine holobiont

• Main Authors: Longford, Sharon Rae, Steinberg, Peter David, Campbell, Alexandra H., Nielsen, Shaun, Case, Rebecca J., Kjelleberg, Staffan
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences; Applied Microbiology; Microbial Ecology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85467; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48217
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Our understanding of diseases has been transformed by the realisation that people are holobionts, comprised of a host and its associated microbiome(s). Disease can also have devastating effects on populations of marine organisms, including dominant habitat formers such as seaweed holobionts. However...