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The late John Faulkner commented on the preponderance of microbial symbionts in species like sponges and spent the latter part of his career considering the endosymbiotic chemistry in marine microbial communities (Faulkner et al. Results of the Panamanian field surveys, as well as of studies on reefs in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and the western Indian Ocean, suggest that heat-tolerant clade D symbionts become more abundant on reefs after heat-induced damage, which is called bleaching. Thus we see that if we want to save a species from extinction, we must save not only its niche but also its symbionts. |
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