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Stephen John Williams

University of California, MercedORCID 0000-0001-8848-6372Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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EcologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedOct 29, 2026

Low-abundance taxa drive host microbiome response to temperature stress

Kaden McKenzie Muffett, Stephen John Williams, Sophia MacVittie…·E. Maggie Sogin

The paper identifies temperature-sensitive microbial taxa in the cnidarian Exaiptasia diaphana that signal early thermal stress before host fitness declines.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-79034-2

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