Marine animals and algae/plants are in constant contact with a vast number of highly diverse microbes in their environment. Their innate immune system provides them with a means of differentiating between microorganisms, whether these are symbiotic, commensal or pathogenic in nature. Marine holobionts are ideal models for examining prokaryote-eukaryote interactions. We transfer our methods and concepts to other marine host-microbe systems in close collaboration with our national and international partners.
Left: Coral (collaboration A. Roik, Peter Schupp, Oldenburg), middle: Nematostella sp. (collaboration S. Fraune, Düsseldorf); top right: Zostera marina eelgrass (collaboration T. Reusch, GEOMAR); bottom right: Ciona officinalis (collaboration D. Tasdemir, GEOMAR. Photo credits: Eddy Eneman, WoRMS Register).
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