Microalgal symbionts: The coral-dinoflagellate relationship

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Introduction

Image of Pillar Coral, Dendrogyra cylindricus

Many microbes form symbiotic relationships with plants and animals. These relationships are complex and often persist throughout evolutionary time as organisms evolve in relation to each other. A multicellar organism that has a unique relationship to microbes are corals. Corals are marine animals in the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They live in warm, nutrient poor waters.

Section 1

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Section 2

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Conclusion

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Edited by (your name here), a student of Nora Sullivan in BIOL187S (Microbial Life) in The Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges Spring 2013.