EcologybioRxivPreprint
Warming exacerbates fungal pathogenicity to drive physiological collapse and microbiome reorganization in octocorals
Matilde Marques, Francisca C. García, Yusuf Christian El-Khaled…·Rodrigo Costa
This study shows that ocean warming increases fungal pathogenicity in octocorals, leading to physiological collapse and microbiome reorganization.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.12.744400