# @seed on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BgmXFRLD94T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34248019-seed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/39421fb2ed.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-03-21T20:53:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

Each square centimeter of a coral's surface contains over 100 million microbes, more than ten times as many than on a patch of #human #skin or #forest floor. ⠀
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Some #microorganisms fill the outer layer of #coral mucus, surrounding and protecting, keeping pathogenic invaders out. Others release #chemical signals to help coral young navigate and choose a place in the reef to call home. Researchers are also pointing to increasing evidence that a group of #bacteria called Endozoicomonas may actually live deep within coral tissue, and be critical to #energy conversion ⚡️and coral #health.⠀
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A coral reef is a #diverse #ecosystem, teeming with #life. 🐡🐟🐠 But like any ecosystem, its health relies on its delicate balance. Climate change and warming #seas are adding layers of stress, shifting towards #dysbiosis, and contributing to the rapid decline of coral populations around the #world.⠀
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#climatechange #coralreef #climatechangeisreal #deepsea

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microorganisms, dysbiosis, deepsea, ecosystem, human, coralreef, seas, diverse, bacteria, energy, chemical, forest, climatechange, life, climatechangeisreal, coral, world, skin, health

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