Publications

2025

2024

Puntin G, Wong JCY, Röthig T, Baker DM, Sweet M, Ziegler M. 2024. The bacterial microbiome of symbiotic and menthol-bleached polyps of long-term aquarium-reared Galaxea fascicularis. Peer Community Journal 4. 10.24072/pcjournal.429

Pogoreutz C, Ziegler M 2024. Frenemies on the reef? Resolving the coral–Endozoicomonas association. Trends in Microbiology 32:422-434. 10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.006

Roth L, Eviatar G, Schmidt L-M, Bonomo M, Feldstein-Farkash T, Schubert P, Ziegler M, Al-Sawalmih A, Abdallah IS, Quod J-P, Bronstein O. 2024. Mass mortality of diadematoid sea urchins in the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean. Current Biology 34: 2693-2701.e4. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.057

Martins CPP, Ziegler M, Schubert P, Wilke T, Wall M. 2024. Effects of water flow and ocean acidification on oxygen and pH gradients in coral boundary layer. Scientific Reports 14:12757. 10.1038/s41598-024-63210-9

Reichert J, Tirpitz V, Plaza K, Wörner E, Bösser L, Kühn S, Primpke S, Schubert P, Ziegler M, Wilke T. 2024. Common types of microdebris affect the physiology of reef-building corals. Science of The Total Environment 912:169276. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169276

Reichert J, Tirpitz V, Oponczewski M, Lin C, Franke N, Ziegler M, Wilke T. 2023. Feeding responses of reef-building corals provide species- and concentration-dependent risk assessment of microplastic. Science of The Total Environment:169485. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169485

Garcias-Bonet N, Roik A, Tierney B, García FC, Villela HDM, Dungan AM, Quigley KM, Sweet M, Berg G, Gram L, Bourne DG, Ushijima B, Sogin M, Hoj L, Duarte G, Hirt H, Smalla K, Rosado AS, Carvalho S, Thurber RV, Ziegler M, Mason CE, van Oppen MJH, Voolstra CR, Peixoto RS. 2024. Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife. Trends in Microbiology 32:252–269. 10.1016/j.tim.2023.08.012

2023

Engelhardt KE, Vetter J, Wöhrmann-Zipf F, Dietzmann A, Proll FM, Reifert H, Schüll I, Stahlmann M, Ziegler M. 2023. Contact-free impacts of sessile reef organisms on stony coral productivity. Communications Earth & Environment 4:396. 10.1038/s43247-023-01052-5

Galand PE, Ruscheweyh H-J, Salazar G, Hochart C, Henry N, Hume BCC, Oliveira PH, Perdereau A, Labadie K, Belser C, Boissin E, Romac S, Poulain J, Bourdin G, Iwankow G, Moulin C, Armstrong EJ, Paz-García DA, Ziegler M, Agostini S, Banaigs B, Boss E, Bowler C, de Vargas C, Douville E, Flores M, Forcioli D, Furla P, Gilson E, Lombard F, Pesant S, Reynaud S, Thomas OP, Troublé R, Zoccola D, Voolstra CR, Thurber RV, Sunagawa S, Wincker P, Allemand D, Planes S. 2023. Diversity of the Pacific Ocean coral reef microbiome. Nature Communications 14:3039. 10.1038/s41467-023-38500-x

Hochart C, Paoli L, Ruscheweyh H-J, Salazar G, Boissin E, Romac S, Poulain J, Bourdin G, Iwankow G, Moulin C, Ziegler M, Porro B, Armstrong EJ, Hume BCC, Aury J-M, Pogoreutz C, Paz-García DA, Nugues MM, Agostini S, Banaigs B, Boss E, Bowler C, de Vargas C, Douville E, Flores M, Forcioli D, Furla P, Gilson E, Lombard F, Pesant S, Reynaud S, Thomas OP, Troublé R, Wincker P, Zoccola D, Allemand D, Planes S, Thurber RV, Voolstra CR, Sunagawa S, Galand PE. 2023. Ecology of Endozoicomonadaceae in three coral genera across the Pacific Ocean. Nature Communications 14:3037. 10.1038/s41467-023-38502-9

Davies SW, Gamache MH, Howe-Kerr LI, Kriefall NG, Baker AC, Banaszak AT, Bay LK, Bellantuono AJ, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX, Claar DC, Coffroth MA, Cunning R, Davy SK, del Campo J, Díaz-Almeyda EM, Frommlet JC, Fuess LE, González-Pech RA, Goulet TL, Hoadley KD, Howells EJ, Hume BCC, Kemp DW, Kenkel CD, Kitchen SA, LaJeunesse TC, Lin S, McIlroy SE, McMinds R, Nitschke MR, Oakley CA, Peixoto RS, Prada C, Putnam HM, Quigley K, Reich HG, Reimer JD, Rodriguez-Lanetty M, Rosales SM, Saad OS, Sampayo EM, Santos SR, Shoguchi E, Smith EG, Stat M, Stephens TG, Strader ME, Suggett DJ, Swain TD, Tran C, Traylor-Knowles N, Voolstra CR, Warner ME, Weis VM, Wright RM, Xiang T, Yamashita H, Ziegler M, Correa AMS, Parkinson JE. 2023. Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ 11:e15023. 10.7717/peerj.15023

Belser C, Poulain J, Labadie K, Gavory F, Alberti A, Guy J, Carradec Q, Cruaud C, Da Silva C, Engelen S, Mielle P, Perdereau A, Samson G, Gas S, Batisse J, Beluche O, Bertrand L, Bohers C, Bordelais I, Brun E, Dubois M, Dumont C, Zineb EH, Estrada B, Ettedgui E, Fernandez P, Garidi S, Guérin T, Gorrichon K, Hamon C, Kientzel L, Lebled S, Legrain C, Lenoble P, Lepretre M, Louesse C, Magdelenat G, Mahieu E, Martins N, Milani C, Orvain C, Oztas S, Payen E, Petit E, Rio G, Robert D, Ronsin M, Vacherie B, Voolstra CR, Galand PE, Flores JM, Hume BCC, Perna G, Ziegler M, Ruscheweyh H-J, Boissin E, Romac S, Bourdin G, Iwankow G, Moulin C, Paz García DA, Agostini S, Banaigs B, Boss E, Bowler C, de Vargas C, Douville E, Forcioli D, Furla P, Gilson E, Lombard F, Pesant S, Reynaud S, Sunagawa S, Thomas OP, Troublé R, Thurber RV, Zoccola D, Scarpelli C, Jacoby EK, Oliveira PH, Aury J-M, Allemand D, Planes S, Wincker P, Genoscope Technical Team. 2023. Integrative omics framework for characterization of coral reef ecosystems from the Tara Pacific expedition. Scientific Data 10:326. 10.1038/s41597-023-02204-0

2022

Puntin G, Craggs J, Hayden R, Engelhardt KE, McIlroy S, Sweet M, Baker DM, Ziegler M. 2022. The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research. Coral Reefs 42:239–252. 10.1007/s00338-022-02334-8

Puntin G, Sweet M, Fraune S, Medina M, Sharp K, Weis VM, Ziegler M. 2022. Harnessing the Power of Model Organisms To Unravel Microbial Functions in the Coral Holobiont. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 86:e00053-22. doi:10.1128/mmbr.00053-22

Martins CPP, Arnold AL, Kömpf K, Schubert P, Ziegler M, Wilke T, Reichert J. 2022. Growth Response of Reef-Building Corals to Ocean Acidification Is Mediated by Interplay of Taxon-Specific Physiological Parameters. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. 10.3389/fmars.2022.872631

Reichert J, Arnold AL, Hammer N, Miller IB, Rades M, Schubert P, Ziegler M, Wilke T. 2022. Reef-building corals act as long-term sink for microplastic. Global Change Biology 28:33–45. 10.1111/gcb.15920

Klein SG, Geraldi NR, Anton A, Schmidt-Roach S, Ziegler M, Cziesielski MJ, Martin C, Radecker N, Frolicher TL, Mumby PJ, Pandolfi JM, Suggett DJ, Voolstra CR, Aranda M, Duarte CM. 2022. Projecting coral responses to intensifying marine heatwaves under ocean acidification. Global Change Biology 28:1753–1765. 10.1111/gcb.15818

2021

Ziegler M, Anton A, Klein SG, Rädecker N, Geraldi NR, Schmidt-Roach S, Saderne V, Mumby PJ, Cziesielski MJ, Martin C, Frölicher TL, Pandolfi JM, Suggett DJ, Aranda M, Duarte CM, Voolstra CR. 2021. Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions. Global Change Biology 27:5532–5546. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15840

Reichert J, Tirpitz V, Anand R, Bach K, Knopp J, Schubert P, Wilke T, Ziegler M. 2021. Interactive effects of microplastic pollution and heat stress on reef-building corals. Environmental Pollution 290:118010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118010

Dubé CE, Ziegler M, Mercière A, Boissin E, Planes S, Bourmaud CAF, Voolstra CR. 2021. Naturally occurring fire coral clones demonstrate a genetic and environmental basis of microbiome composition. Nature Communications 12:6402. 10.1038/s41467-021-26543-x

Fulweiler RW, Davies SW, Biddle JF, Burgin AJ, Cooperdock EHG, Hanley TC, Kenkel CD, Marcarelli AM, Matassa CM, Mayo TL, Santiago-Vazquez LZ, Traylor-Knowles N, Ziegler M. 2021. Rebuild the Academy: Supporting academic mothers during COVID-19 and beyond. PLoS Biology 19:e3001100. 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001100

Sweet M, Villela H, Keller-Costa T, Costa R, Romano S, Bourne DG, Cardenas A, Huggett MJ, Kerwin AH, Kuek F, Medina M, Meyer JL, Muller M, Pollock FJ, Rappe MS, Sere M, Sharp KH, Voolstra CR, Zaccardi N, Ziegler M, Peixoto R. 2021. Insights into the Cultured Bacterial Fraction of Corals. mSystems 6:e0124920. 10.1128/mSystems.01249-20

Aeby GS, Shore A, Jensen T, Ziegler M, Work T, Voolstra CR. 2021. A comparative baseline of coral disease in three regions along the Saudi Arabian coast of the central Red Sea. PLoS ONE 16:e0246854. 10.1371/journal.pone.0246854

Barreto MM, Ziegler M, Venn A, Tambutté E, Zoccola D, Tambutté S, Allemand D, Antony CP, Voolstra CR, Aranda M. 2021. Effects of Ocean Acidification on Resident and Active Microbial Communities of Stylophora pistillata. Frontiers in Microbiology 12. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.707674

Voolstra CR, Quigley KM, Davies SW, Parkinson JE, Peixoto RS, Aranda M, Baker AC, Barno AR, Barshis DJ, Benzoni F, Bonito V, Bourne DG, Buitrago-López C, Bridge TCL, Chan CX, Combosch DJ, Craggs J, Frommlet JC, Herrera S, Quattrini AM, Röthig T, Reimer JD, Rubio-Portillo E, Suggett DJ, Villela H, Ziegler M, Sweet M. 2021. Consensus Guidelines for Advancing Coral Holobiont Genome and Specimen Voucher Deposition. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. 10.3389/fmars.2021.701784

2020

Voolstra CR, Ziegler M. 2020. Adapting with Microbial Help: Microbiome Flexibility Facilitates Rapid Responses to Environmental Change. Bioessays 42:e2000004. 10.1002/bies.202000004

Bollati E, D’Angelo C, Alderdice R, Pratchett M, Ziegler M, Wiedenmann J. 2020. Optical Feedback Loop Involving Dinoflagellate Symbiont and Scleractinian Host Drives Colorful Coral Bleaching. Current Biology 30:2433-2445 e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.055

Ngugi DK, Ziegler M, Duarte CM, Voolstra CR. 2020. Genomic Blueprint of Glycine Betaine Metabolism in Coral Metaorganisms and Their Contribution to Reef Nitrogen Budgets. iScience 23:101120. 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101120

Cárdenas A, Ye J, Ziegler M, Payet JP, McMinds R, Vega Thurber R, Voolstra CR. 2020. Coral-Associated Viral Assemblages From the Central Red Sea Align With Host Species and Contribute to Holobiont Genetic Diversity. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:572534–572534. 10.3389/fmicb.2020.572534

Randle JL, Cárdenas A, Gegner HM, Ziegler M, Voolstra CR. 2020. Salinity-Conveyed Thermotolerance in the Coral Model Aiptasia Is Accompanied by Distinct Changes of the Bacterial Microbiome. Frontiers in Marine Science 7. 10.3389/fmars.2020.573635

Sheykhali S, Fernández-Gracia J, Traveset A, Ziegler M, Voolstra CR, Duarte CM, Eguíluz VM. 2020. Robustness to extinction and plasticity derived from mutualistic bipartite ecological networks. Scientific Reports 10:9783. 10.1038/s41598-020-66131-5

Carradec Q, Poulain J, Boissin E, Hume BCC, Voolstra CR, Ziegler M, Engelen S, Cruaud C, Planes S, Wincker P. 2020. A framework for in situ molecular characterization of coral holobionts using nanopore sequencing. Scientific Reports 10:15893. 10.1038/s41598-020-72589-0

2019

Ziegler M+, Grupstra CGB+, Barreto MM, Eaton M, BaOmar J, Zubier K, Al-Sofyani A, Turki AJ, Ormond R, Voolstra CR. 2019a. Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner. Nature Communications 10:3092. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10969-5 +equal contribution

Hume BCC, Smith EG, Ziegler M, Warrington HJM, Burt JA, LaJeunesse TC, Wiedenmann J, Voolstra CR. 2019. SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling. Molecular Ecology Resources 19:1063–1080. 10.1111/1755-0998.13004

Hadaidi G, Gegner HM, Ziegler M, Voolstra CR. 2019. Carbohydrate composition of mucus from scleractinian corals from the central Red Sea. Coral Reefs 38:21–27. 10.1007/s00338-018-01758-5

Gegner HM, Rädecker N, Ochsenkühn M, Barreto MM, Ziegler M, Reichert J, Schubert P, Wilke T, Voolstra CR. 2019. High levels of floridoside at high salinity link osmoadaptation with bleaching susceptibility in the cnidarian-algal endosymbiosis. Biology Open 8:bio045591. 10.1242/bio.045591

Tilstra A, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Ziegler M, Wild C, Voolstra CR. 2019. Relative Diazotroph Abundance in Symbiotic Red Sea Corals Decreases With Water Depth. Frontiers in Marine Science 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00372

2018

Ziegler M, Eguiluz VM, Duarte CM, Voolstra CR. 2018a. Rare symbionts may contribute to the resilience of coral-algal assemblages. ISME J 12:161–172. 10.1038/ismej.2017.151

Ziegler M, Stone E, Colman D, Takacs-Vesbach C, Shepherd U. 2018. Patterns of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) diversity and assemblages among diverse hosts and the coral reef environment of Lizard Island, Australia. Journal of Phycology 54:447–460. 10.1111/jpy.12749

Ziegler M, Quéré G, Ghiglione J-F, Iwankow G, Barbe V, Boissin E, Wincker P, Planes S, Voolstra CR. 2018. Status of coral reefs of Upolu (Independent State of Samoa) in the South West Pacific and recommendations to promote resilience and recovery of coastal ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 129:392–398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.02.044

Eida AA, Ziegler M, Lafi FF, Michell CT, Voolstra CR, Hirt H, Saad MM. 2018. Desert plant bacteria reveal host influence and beneficial plant growth properties. PLoS ONE 13:e0208223. 10.1371/journal.pone.0208223

Hadaidi G, Ziegler M, Shore-Maggio A, Jensen T, Aeby G, Voolstra CR. 2018. Ecological and molecular characterization of a coral black band disease outbreak in the Red Sea during a bleaching event. PeerJ 6:e5169. 10.7717/peerj.5169

Hume BCC, Ziegler M, Poulain J, Pochon X, Romac S, Boissin E, de Vargas C, Planes S, Wincker P, Voolstra CR. 2018. An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region. PeerJ 6:e4816. 10.7717/peerj.4816

Monroe AA, Ziegler M, Roik A, Röthig T, Hardenstine RS, Emms MA, Jensen T, Voolstra CR, Berumen ML. 2018. In situ observations of coral bleaching in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea during the 2015/2016 global coral bleaching event. PLoS ONE 13:e0195814. 10.1371/journal.pone.0195814

Osman EO, Smith DJ, Ziegler M, Kurten B, Conrad C, El-Haddad KM, Voolstra CR, Suggett DJ. 2018. Thermal refugia against coral bleaching throughout the northern Red Sea. Global Change Biology 24:e474–e484. 10.1111/gcb.13895

Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl WJ, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Pita L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad MM, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Voolstra CR, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch TCG. 2018. Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation? Zoology 127:1–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004

2017

Ziegler M, Seneca FO, Yum LK, Palumbi SR, Voolstra CR. 2017b. Bacterial community dynamics are linked to patterns of coral heat tolerance. Nature Communications 8:14213. 10.1038/ncomms14213

Ziegler M, Arif C, Burt JA, Dobretsov S, Roder C, LaJeunesse TC, Voolstra CR. 2017a. Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography 44:674–686. 10.1111/jbi.12913

Gegner HM, Ziegler M, Rädecker N, Buitrago-López C, Aranda M, Voolstra CR. 2017. High salinity conveys thermotolerance in the coral model Aiptasia. Biology Open 6:1943–1948. 10.1242/bio.028878

Rädecker N, Pogoreutz C, Ziegler M, Ashok A, Barreto MM, Chaidez V, Grupstra CGB, Ng YM, Perna G, Aranda M, Voolstra CR. 2017. Assessing the effects of iron enrichment across holobiont compartments reveals reduced microbial nitrogen fixation in the Red Sea coral Pocillopora verrucosa. Ecol Evol 7:6614–6621. 10.1002/ece3.3293

Hadaidi G, Röthig T, Yum LK, Ziegler M, Arif C, Roder C, Burt J, Voolstra CR. 2017. Stable mucus-associated bacterial communities in bleached and healthy corals of Porites lobata from the Arabian Seas. Scientific Reports 7:45362. 10.1038/srep45362

Herrera M, Ziegler M, Voolstra CR, Aranda M. 2017. Laboratory-Cultured Strains of the Sea Anemone Exaiptasia Reveal Distinct Bacterial Communities. Frontiers in Marine Science 4. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00115

2016

Ziegler M, Roik A, Porter A, Zubier K, Mudarris MS, Ormond R, Voolstra CR. 2016. Coral microbial community dynamics in response to anthropogenic impacts near a major city in the central Red Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 105:629–640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.045

Roik A, Rothig T, Roder C, Ziegler M, Kremb SG, Voolstra CR. 2016. Year-Long Monitoring of Physico-Chemical and Biological Variables Provide a Comparative Baseline of Coral Reef Functioning in the Central Red Sea. PLoS ONE 11:e0163939. 10.1371/journal.pone.0163939

2015

Ziegler M, Roder CM, Büchel C, Voolstra CR. 2015. Mesophotic coral depth acclimatization is a function of host-specific symbiont physiology. Frontiers in Marine Science 2:4. 10.3389/fmars.2015.00004

Ziegler M, Roder C, Büchel C, Voolstra CR. 2015b. Niche acclimatization in Red Sea corals is dependent on flexibility of host-symbiont association. Marine Ecology Progress Series 533:149–161. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11365

2014

Ziegler M, FitzPatrick SK, Burghardt I, Liberatore KL, Joshua Leffler A, Takacs-Vesbach C, Shepherd U. 2014. Thermal stress response in a dinoflagellate-bearing nudibranch and the octocoral on which it feeds. Coral Reefs 33:1085–1099. 10.1007/s00338-014-1204-8

Ziegler M, Roder CM, Büchel C, Voolstra CR. 2014b. Limits to physiological plasticity of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa from the central Red Sea. Coral Reefs 33:1115–1129. 10.1007/s00338-014-1192-8

2011 and before

Ziegler M, Uthicke S. 2011. Photosynthetic plasticity of endosymbionts in larger benthic coral reef Foraminifera. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 407:70–80. 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.009

Stern M, Böger N, Eickhoff R, Lorbeer C, Kerssen U, Ziegler M, Martinelli G, Holstein G, Bicker G. 2010. Development of nitrergic neurons in the nervous system of the locust embryo. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 518:spc1 https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.22303

Koenemann S, Ziegler M, Iliffe TM. 2008. Pleomothra fragilis n. sp. (Remipedia) from the Bahamas, with remarks on morphologic reductions and postnaupliar development. Journal of Crustacean Biology 28:128–136 https://doi.org/10.1651/07-2865R.1

Book chapters

Lartaud F, Meistertzheim AL, Reichert J, Ziegler M, Peru E, Ghiglione JF. 2020. Plastics: An Additional Threat for Coral Ecosystems. In: Rossi S, Bramanti L eds. Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 469–485.

Ziegler M, Arif C, Voolstra CR. 2019. Symbiodiniaceae Diversity in Red Sea Coral Reefs & Coral Bleaching. In: Voolstra CR, Berumen ML eds. Coral Reefs of the Red Sea. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 69–89.

Ziegler M, Roik A, Röthig T, Wild C, Rädecker N, Bouwmeester J, Voolstra CR. 2019. Ecophysiology of Reef-Building Corals in the Red Sea. In: Voolstra CR, Berumen ML eds. Coral Reefs of the Red Sea. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 33–52.

Roik A, Ziegler M, Voolstra CR. 2019. Physicochemical Dynamics, Microbial Community Patterns, and Reef Growth in Coral Reefs of the Central Red Sea. In: Rasul NMA, Stewart ICF eds. Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 401–418.