Promiscuity may help some corals survive bleaching events Share More Information Dr Nerissa Hannink +61 3 8344 8151 0430 588 055 Department:  Media Researchers have shown for the first time that some corals surviving bleaching events can acquire and host new types of algae from their environment, which may make the coral more heat-tolerant and enhance their recovery.   Published in Nature Publishing House's Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology, the was led by Southern Cross University postgraduate student Ms Nadine Boulotte and included scientists from SCU’s Marine Ecology Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the University of Hawai’i. “This new study may be a game changer in our understanding of corals that build ree
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