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I am a Senior Research Fellow studying meta-organism response to environmental stressors, host-microbe interactions, and symbioses in the marine environment. My research aims to determine how host-microbe interactions influence organism physiology, adaptation and acclimation, and responses to climate change.

Only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

The Mesophotic Coral Microbial Biosphere

Leggat W, Gierz S, Hernandez-Agreda A, Ainsworth TD (2019)

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Rethinking the Coral Microbiome: Simplicity Exists within a Diverse Microbial Biosphere

Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Herrera C, Ainsworth TD (2018)

mBio

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The Microbial Signature Provides Insight into the Mechanistic Basis of Coral Success across Reef Habitats

Hernandez-Agreda A, Leggat W, Bongaerts P, Ainsworth TD (2016)

mBio

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The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

Ainsworth TD, Krause L, Bridge T, Torda G, Raina J-B, Zakrzewski M, Gates RD, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Spalding HL, Smith C, Woolsey ES, Bourne DG, Bongaerts P, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Leggat W (2015)

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