Current thinking on how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite invades its host is incorrect, according to a study published today in Nature Methods describing a new technique to knock out genes. The findings could have implications ...
Definition. Coral bleaching is a process whereby the coral colonies lose their colour, either due to the loss of pigments by microscopic algae (zooxanthellae) living in symbiosis with their host organisms (polyps), or because these zooxanthellae have been expelled.
The Largest Coral Atoll In The World Lost 80 Percent Of Its Coral To Bleaching. A reef in Kiritimati after the bleaching event. As global ocean temperatures begin to recover from the record-breaking El NiÃ±o, the tremendous impact on the worldâs coral reefs is still being calculated.