By Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth

Journal articles

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2019, 'A place for taxonomic profiling in the study of the coral prokaryotic microbiome', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz063

Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD; Heron SF; Leggat W, 2019, 'Marine heatwave hotspots in coral reef environments: Physical drivers, ecophysiological outcomes and impact upon structural complexity', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00498

Page CE; Leggat W; Heron SF; Choukroun SM; Lloyd J; Ainsworth TD, 2019, 'BioEssays 7∕2019', BioEssays, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201970071

Wada N; Ishimochi M; Matsui T; Pollock J; Tang S-L; Ainsworth T; Willis B; Mano N; Bourne D, 2019, 'Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/576488

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2018, 'A comparative analysis of microbial DNA preparation methods for use with massive and branching coral growth forms', Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02146

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Bongaerts P; Herrera C; Ainsworth TD, 2018, 'Rethinking the coral microbiome: Simplicity exists within a diverse microbial biosphere', mBio, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00812-18

Ainsworth TD; Fordyce AJ; Camp EF, 2017, 'The Other Microeukaryotes of the Coral Reef Microbiome', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 980 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2017.06.007

Putnam HM; Barott KL; Ainsworth TD; Gates RD, 2017, 'The Vulnerability and Resilience of Reef-Building Corals', Current Biology, 27, pp. R528 - R540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.047

Hernandez-Agreda A; Gates RD; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Defining the Core Microbiome in Corals’ Microbial Soup', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 125 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.003

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury', PeerJ, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719

Fordyce AJ; Camp EF; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Polyp bailout in Pocillopora damicornis following thermal stress', F1000Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11522.2

Prazeres M; Ainsworth T; Roberts TE; Pandolfi JM; Leggat W, 2017, 'Symbiosis and microbiome flexibility in calcifying benthic foraminifera of the great Barrier Reef', Microbiome, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/S40168-017-0257-7

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury', , http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2949v1

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Bongaerts P; Ainsworth TD, 2016, 'The microbial signature provides insight into the mechanistic basis of coral success across reef habitats', mBio, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00560-16

Ainsworth TD; Gates RD, 2016, 'Corals' microbial sentinels: The coral microbiome will be key to future reef health', Science, 352, pp. 1518 - 1519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad9957

Ainsworth TD; Heron SF; Ortiz JC; Mumby PJ; Grech A; Ogawa D; Eakin CM; Leggat W, 2016, 'Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef', Science, 352, pp. 338 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aac7125

Cinner JE; Pratchett MS; Graham NAJ; Messmer V; Fuentes MMPB; Ainsworth T; Ban N; Bay LK; Blythe J; Dissard D; Dunn S; Evans L; Fabinyi M; Fidelman P; Figueiredo J; Frisch AJ; Fulton CJ; Hicks CC; Lukoschek V; Mallela J; Moya A; Penin L; Rummer JL; Walker S; Williamson DH, 2016, 'A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems', Regional Environmental Change, 16, pp. 1133 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0832-z

Correa AMS; Ainsworth TD; Rosales SM; Thurber AR; Butler CR; Vega Thurber RL, 2016, 'Viral outbreak in corals associated with an in situ bleaching event: Atypical herpes-like viruses and a new megavirus infecting symbiodinium', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00127

Kelly LA; Heintz T; Lamb JB; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL, 2016, 'Ecology and pathology of novel plaque-like growth anomalies affecting a reef-building coral on the great barrier reef', Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00151

Wada N; Pollock FJ; Willis BL; Ainsworth T; Mano N; Bourne DG, 2016, 'In situ visualization of bacterial populations in coral tissues: Pitfalls and solutions', PeerJ, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2424

Ainsworth TD; Knack B; Ukani L; Seneca F; Weiss Y; Leggat W, 2015, 'In situ hybridisation detects pro-apoptotic gene expression of a Bcl-2 family member in white syndrome-affected coral', Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 117, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02882

Ainsworth TD; Krause L; Bridge T; Torda G; Raina JB; Zakrzewski M; Gates RD; Padilla-Gamiño JL; Spalding HL; Smith C; Woolsey ES; Bourne DG; Bongaerts P; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Leggat W, 2015, 'The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts', ISME Journal, 9, pp. 2261 - 2274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.39

van de Water JAJM; Leggat W; Bourne DG; van Oppen MJH; Willis BL; Ainsworth TD, 2015, 'Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage', Hydrobiologia, 759, pp. 201 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2243-z

Casey JM; Connolly SR; Ainsworth TD, 2015, 'Coral transplantation triggers shift in microbiome and promotion of coral disease associated potential pathogens', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11903

Van De Water JAJM; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W; Bourne DG; Willis BL; Van Oppen MJH, 2015, 'The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration', Molecular Ecology, 24, pp. 3390 - 3404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13257

Hess S; Wenger AS; Ainsworth TD; Rummer JL, 2015, 'Exposure of clownfish larvae to suspended sediment levels found on the Great Barrier Reef: Impacts on gill structure and microbiome', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10561

Bourne DG; Ainsworth TD; Pollock FJ; Willis BL, 2015, 'Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs', Coral Reefs, 34, pp. 233 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1239-x

Li X; Gorle AK; Ainsworth TD; Heimann K; Woodward CE; collins J; Richard Keene F, 2015, 'RNA and DNA binding of inert oligonuclear ruthenium( ii ) complexes in live eukaryotic cells', Dalton Trans., 44, pp. 3594 - 3603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02575J

Casey JM; Ainsworth TD; Choat JH; Connolly SR, 2014, 'Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and black band disease', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1032

Ogawa D; Bobeszko T; Ainsworth T; Leggat W, 2013, 'The combined effects of temperature and CO2 lead to altered gene expression in Acropora aspera', Coral Reefs, 32, pp. 895 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1046-9

Weiss Y; Forêt S; Hayward DC; Ainsworth T; King R; Ball EE; Miller DJ, 2013, 'The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: Expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune responses of corals with those of mammals and plants', BMC Genomics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-400

Ainsworth TD; Wasmund K; Ukani L; Seneca F; Yellowlees D; Miller D; Leggat W, 2011, 'Defining the tipping point. A complex cellular life/death balance in corals in response to stress', Scientific Reports, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00160

Gates RD; Ainsworth TD, 2011, 'The nature and taxonomic composition of coral symbiomes as drivers of performance limits in scleractinian corals', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408, pp. 94 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.029

Leggat W; Seneca F; Wasmund K; Ukani L; Yellowlees D; Ainsworth TD, 2011, 'Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026687

Bay LK; Cumbo VR; Abrego D; Kool JT; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL, 2011, 'Infection dynamics vary between Symbiodinium Types and cell surface treatments during establishment of endosymbiosis with coral larvae', Diversity, 3, pp. 356 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d3030356

Andersen SB; Vestergaard ML; Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Kühl M, 2010, 'Acute Tissue Death (white syndrome) Affects the Microenvironment of Tabular Acropora Corals', Aquatic Biology, 10, pp. 99 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00270

Brooker RM; Munday PL; Ainsworth TD, 2010, 'Diets of coral-dwelling fishes of the genus Gobiodon with evidence of corallivory', Journal of Fish Biology, 76, pp. 2578 - 2583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02644.x

Ainsworth TD; Thurber RV; Gates RD, 2010, 'The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, pp. 233 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.001

Kvennefors ECE; Leggat W; Kerr CC; Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Barnes AC, 2010, 'Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosis', Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 34, pp. 1219 - 1229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.06.016

Olson ND; Ainsworth TD; Gates RD; Takabayashi M, 2009, 'Diazotrophic bacteria associated with Hawaiian Montipora corals: Diversity and abundance in correlation with symbiotic dinoflagellates', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 371, pp. 140 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.01.012

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Bacterial communities closely associated with coral tissues vary under experimental and natural reef conditions and thermal stress', Aquatic Biology, 4, pp. 289 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00102

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Heron SF; Skirving WJ; Leggat W, 2008, 'Early cellular changes are indicators of pre-bleaching thermal stress in the coral host', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 364, pp. 63 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.032

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Cellular processes of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', Coral Reefs, 27, pp. 593 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0355-x

Ainsworth TD; Fine M; Roff G; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', ISME Journal, 2, pp. 67 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.88

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Leggat W, 2008, 'Imaging the fluorescence of marine invertebrates and their associated flora', Journal of Microscopy, 232, pp. 197 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02089.x

Leggat W; Ainsworth T; Bythell J; Dove S; Gates R; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Iglesias-Prieto R; Yellowlees D, 2007, 'The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1635-c1

Henderson M; Ainsworth T; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Coral microbial ecology under the microscope', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 28, pp. 111 - 112, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216252300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Yarden O; Ainsworth TD; Roff G; Leggat W; Fine M; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 2755 - 2757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02738-06

Ainsworth TD; Kvennefors EC; Blackall LL; Fine M; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef', Marine Biology, 151, pp. 19 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0449-3

Ainsworth TD; Kramasky-Winter E; Loya Y; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Fine M, 2007, 'Coral disease diagnostics: What's between a plague and a band?', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 981 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02172-06

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