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Podcast: REEF Roundup: 🪸Coral Reefs🐠 and 🐙Marine Conservation🦈
Episode: Will Probiotics Be the Salvation of Coral Reefs? With Dr. Raquel Peixoto
Description: Dr. Raquel Peixoto is a leading scientist with a specialized focus on coral reef conservation. Her innovative research on probiotics investigates potential solutions to help coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change.
Dr. Peixoto has led several studies in collaboration with scientists from Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and Cornell University. The studies involved introducing beneficial bacteria to fragments of coral in aquariums. These microbes, which are naturally present in healthy coral reefs, significantly increased the coral's resilience to increasing water temperatures.
Now, in partnership with Seed Health, a biotech...