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Karim Primov

@kprimov1.bsky.social

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PhD Candidate UT Austin’s Department of Integrative Biology Coral microbes and genomics Moroccan American

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Predator-prey dynamics of Vibrio cholerae on chitin suggest an alternative mode of biofilm formation in marine snow conditions #ISMEJournal from Carey Nadell academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

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Predator-prey dynamics of Vibrio cholerae on chitin suggest an alternative mode of biofilm formation in marine snow conditions

Abstract. Vibrio cholerae is a ubiquitous marine bacterium that solubilizes and consumes chitin in the marine water column. In both the marine environment

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Misha Matz @heatshok.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This problem is at the core of the most widely used method for predicting adaptation to future climate. Reposting in case some GEA (genotype-environment association) people missed original post. 🧪

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Karim Primov @kprimov1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The coral microbiome can therefore serve as a proxy for environmental variation when environment cannot be measured directly, such as in ancientDNA studies.

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Karim Primov @kprimov1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

We also find that the A. millepora microbiome is predictive of environmental variation, and that Endozoicomonas variation is low during bleaching, consisitent with previous findings.

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Karim Primov @kprimov1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Here, we find that dominant photosymbiont identity, host genetics, and environmental variation, but not bleaching status, predicts the microbiome of Acropora millepora in the Central Great Barrier Reef. The microbiome correlates with dominant photosymbiont identity even during bleaching events.

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Karim Primov @kprimov1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Exiciting new preprint from the Matz lab @heatshok.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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The Acropora millepora microbiome is predicted by algal symbionts, host genetics, and environment

The coral microbiome is a critical component of coral health and resilience, yet it is unclear what factors drive coral microbiome composition, especially within the context of coral bleaching. Here, ...

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