B. Bentlage

Light exposure induces phenotypic plasticity of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea and its endosymbiotic dinoflagellates

This study investigates how light exposure affects the phenotypic plasticity of Cassiopea jellyfish and their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates, finding that light conditions strongly influence both hosts and symbionts, often decoupling their responses.

Seasonal dynamics and environmental drivers of tissue and mucus microbiomes in the staghorn coral Acropora pulchra

This study examines seasonal changes and environmental influences on tissue and mucus microbiomes of Acropora pulchra, finding that rainfall and pollution affect microbiome diversity and composition differently between tissue and mucus.

Spatiotemporal profiling of a dominant coral's photo-endosymbiotic assemblage indicates that acclimation is supported by phenotypic plasticity of single cells

The paper quantifies phenotypic variance in coral endosymbionts under natural conditions and finds that individual cell plasticity, not community shifts or density changes, drives phenotypic variation.

Rapid, high-throughput phenotypic profiling of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) using benchtop flow cytometry

The paper develops a flow cytometry protocol to rapidly profile phenotypic traits of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates at the single-cell level.

Tackling the phylogenetic conundrum of Hydroidolina (Cnidaria: Medusozoa: Hydrozoa) by assessing competing tree topologies with targeted high-throughput sequencing.

The paper uses high-throughput sequencing to resolve phylogenetic relationships in Hydroidolina, finding Aplanulata as sister to other groups, challenging previous hypotheses.