Symbiodinium IN CORAL REEFS AND ITS ADAPTATION RESPONSES TOWARD CORAL BLEACHING EVENTS: A REVIEW

Symbiodinium is a category of symbiotic dinoflagellates commonly associated with various reef-building corals. Detrimental impacts global climate change worsen the mutualistic association coral-Symbiodinium, endangering reefs to bleaching and mass mortality phenomenon. Destruction coral reef ecosystems has adverse effects not only on marine life but also human population. It been proposed that protect reefs, an exclusive selection thermal-tolerance traits in will increase survivability reefs. However, there are still limited findings coral-endosymbiont resistance under environments. Thus, this review aims introduce shortly Symbiodinium, events, as well provide brief reviews cellular molecular responses tackle thermal stress. Considering potential applications knowledge confront threat prevalence, more study especially terms by omics approaches needed enhance understanding coral-Symbiodinium tolerance toward change, particularly heat