{
  "id": 2311604,
  "title": "Experimental Thermal Stress Increases Corallicolid Relative Abundance in the Stony Coral Pocillopora damicornis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/experimental-thermal-stress-increases-corallicolid-relative-abundance",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.17.745262v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rising ocean temperatures disrupt previously stable coral-microbe interactions, leading to widespread coral mortality and threatening reef ecosystems worldwide. Growing evidence demonstrates the coral microbiome, including protists, plays a critical role in the host response to thermal stress. Specifically, corallicolids (Phylum: Apicomplexa) are positively correlated with thermal stress…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}