MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Chromid transforms opportunistic pathogen into beneficial symbiont to raise coral's thermal tipping point
Clarence Wei Hung Sim, Hau Ching Luk, Joao Paulo Andre Pereyra…·Rebecca Josephine Case
The paper identifies a chromid in Pseudovibrio bacteria that transforms them from opportunistic pathogens to beneficial symbionts, increasing coral thermal tolerance by 1°C.