Symbiotic State Affects Microbiome Recovery in a Facultatively Symbiotic Cnidarian
Maria Valadez-Ingersoll, Caoimhe A. Bodnar, Emily X. Feng, Audrey Wong, Thomas D. Gilmore, Sarah W. Davies
This study examines microbiome recovery in a cnidarian host after antibiotic treatment, showing that symbiotic Aiptasia reestablishes bacterial communities while aposymbiotic Aiptasia does not, with implications for host-microbe interactions.
Scientific Reports · Feb 25, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology