Warming exacerbates fungal pathogenicity to drive physiological collapse and microbiome reorganization in octocorals
Corals are increasingly threatened by climate change, yet the interplay between ocean warming and fungal infection remains experimentally underexplored. Here, we demonstrate that thermal stress exacerbates the pathogenicity of the fungus Aspergillus sydowii, driving physiological collapse and functional reorganization in the octocoral Sclerophytum sp. We deployed a 34-day mesocosm heat-stress…
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