Presenter: Mainah Folkers
Session: 4A - Open Session: Microbial ecology, holobionts and model organisms
Location: Saal Lloyd
Format: Talk
Did you know symbiodiniaceans are capable of calcification outside of their host within reef sediments? Best known as the symbiotic partners of corals and anemones, symbiodiniaceans also are abundantly found in the reef sediments. There, they encase their cells in calcium carbonate grains and survive inside the mineral, which is defined as an endolithic lifestyle. In return these grains, called symbiolites, can be used as a source for symbiont acquisition. Want to learn more about microbial calcification by symbiodiniaceans and its role in the horizontal acquisition of symbionts by bleached Exaiptasia anemones? Come see my talk on Friday, 8 July 2022 - 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm in Saal Lloyd, find me on the virtual platform of the ICRS or look me up on twitter! Hope to see you there!