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Cara Fiore

Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology

Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University

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College Of Arts And Sciences

Department Of Biology

Cara Fiore is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology at Appalachian State University.

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Cara Fiore

Appalachian State University

Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology

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marine biology microbial ecology ecology microbiology environmental microbiology biology environmental science marine systems coral reefs oceanography hydrobiologia microbiome marine chemistry marine ecology microbial diversity biological oceanography giant barrel sponge climate change biogeochemistry ocean sciences marine environments bacteria biosynthesis applied microbiology applied phycology molecular microbiology microbial physiology marine biota microbial systematics marine genomics xestospongia muta bioenergetics marine micropaleontology algal research coastal research marine structures freshwater biology organic geochemistry ima fungus environmental dna biological carbon fixation cyanobacteria chemical oceanography oceanic science phytoplankton ecology oceanographic research physical oceanography limnology algal biology phycology marine biotechnology allostatic load climate resilience hydrobiology synthetic ecology genome sequencing microbial genetics evolutionary microbiology nitrogen transformations marine symbioses nitrogen fixation metabolic interchange transcriptional activity dissolved inorganic nitrogen caribbean sponge nitrogen biogeochemistry climate change stressors caribbean barrel sponge relevant metabolites mesophotic depth gradient microbial community shifts environmental drivers

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Low Abundance Taxa Show Diverse Microbial Symbiotic Interactions With the Freshwater Sponge, Radiospongilla Crateriformis, Pre and Post Gemmulation. Environmental Microbiology Reports (2026)

post gemmulationmicrobiologyfreshwater spongehydrobiologiamicrobial ecologysynthetic ecologymicrobial diversityima fungusbiologymicrobial consortiumapplied phycologyecologysymbiosisenvironmental microbiologymicroorganisms

An Ecological Framework for Microbial Metabolites in the Ocean Ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography Letters (2025)

microbiologyecological frameworkmicrobial ecologymarine biologymarine systemsmicrobiomemicrobial diversitymarine environmentsbiological oceanographyecologyenvironmental microbiologymarine chemistry

Freshwater Sponges in the Southeastern U.S. Harbor Unique Microbiomes That Are Influenced by Host and Environmental Factors. PeerJ (2025)

Jacqueline G. KeleherTaylor A. StropeNoah E. EstradaAllison M. Griggs MathisCole G. EassonCara Fiore

microbiologyfreshwater spongeshydrobiologiamicrobial ecologyhydrobiologymarine biologysurrounding watermarine systemsmicrobiomeaquatic ecosystemsmicrobial diversityfreshwater biologywestern north carolinaenvironmental scienceecologyenvironmental microbiology

Photosymbionts Contribute to Niche Partitioning in Coral Reef Sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

Christopher J FreemanAlex Idwal ParryCole G EassonCara L FioreL. Jay HoukRobert W Thacker

coral reef spongesmicrobial ecologycoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemsbiologyaquatic ecosystems

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia Muta Schmidt 1870 and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

microbiologygeneticsgenome sequencingchromosomal genome sequencemicrobial ecologymicrobial systematicsmarine genomicsenvironmental dnaschmidt 1870genomicsgiant barrel spongemolecular ecologygenome biologyenvironmental microbiologymetagenomics

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Sponge Cliona Cf. Orientalis Thiele (1900) and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

microbiologygeneticsmicrobial geneticschromosomal genome sequencesponge cliona cfmicrobial systematicsmarine genomicsevolutionary microbiologyorientalis thielegenomicsgenome biologyenvironmental microbiologymetagenomics

Sponge-Derived Matter is Assimilated by Coral Holobionts. Communications Biology (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonAmy ApprillChristopher J. FreemanMichaela M. BartleyCara L. Fiore

oceanographybiogeochemistrysponge-derived mattercoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemscoral aquaculturebiologymarine ecologybiological oceanographyecologyecosystemsmarine chemistrycoral holobionts

Sponge Exhalent Metabolites Influence Coral Reef Picoplankton Dynamics. Scientific Reports (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAmy Apprill

oceanographybiogeochemistryhydrobiologiamicrobial ecologycoral reefsmarine biologysponge treatmentsmarine systemsaquatic ecosystemsorganic geochemistrymarine environmentsenvironmental scienceecologybiological oceanographymarine chemistrysponge exhalent

Limited Metabolomic Overlap Between Commensal Bacteria and Marine Sponge Holobionts Revealed by Large Scale Culturing and Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics: An Undergraduate Laboratory Pedagogical Effort at Georgia Tech. Marine Drugs (2023)

Jessica M. DeutschMadison O. GreenPriyanka AkavaramAshleigh C. DavisSarth S. DiskalkarIsabelle A. Du PlessisHannah A. FallonEmma M. GrasonEmma G. KaufZoe M. KimJeffrey R. MillerAbby L. NealTatiana RieraSofie-Ellen StroevaJollin TranVivi TranAzucena Velgara CoronadoVanessa Velgara CoronadoBenjamin T. WallChung mo YangIpsita MohantyNadine H. AbrahamseChristopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAlison E. OnstineNaima DjeddarShweta BiliyaAnton V. BryksinNeha GargVinayak Agarwal

microbiologymarine biotechnologymass spectrometryhydrobiologiamicrobial ecologycommensal bacteriamicrobiomebiologymass spectrometry-based metabolomicsmetabolomicsmarine biotaenvironmental microbiologyapplied microbiology

Sponge–Microbe Interactions on Coral Reefs: Multiple Evolutionary Solutions to a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Christopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreRobert W. Thacker

microbial ecologycoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemsmarine micropaleontologyorganic matterbiologymarine ecologymarine spongeshost spongeecologysymbiosis

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Cara Fiore

Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology

Appalachian State University

Affiliations

Appalachian State University

University College

College Of Arts And Sciences

Department Of Biology

Cara Fiore is currently serving as an Appalachian State University Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology at Appalachian State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Cara Fiore

Appalachian State University

Assistant Professor Marine Microbiology

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Low Abundance Taxa Show Diverse Microbial Symbiotic Interactions With the Freshwater Sponge, Radiospongilla Crateriformis, Pre and Post Gemmulation. Environmental Microbiology Reports (2026)

An Ecological Framework for Microbial Metabolites in the Ocean Ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography Letters (2025)

microbiologyecological frameworkmicrobial ecologymarine biologymarine systemsmicrobiomemicrobial diversitymarine environmentsbiological oceanographyecologyenvironmental microbiologymarine chemistry

Freshwater Sponges in the Southeastern U.S. Harbor Unique Microbiomes That Are Influenced by Host and Environmental Factors. PeerJ (2025)

Jacqueline G. KeleherTaylor A. StropeNoah E. EstradaAllison M. Griggs MathisCole G. EassonCara Fiore

Photosymbionts Contribute to Niche Partitioning in Coral Reef Sponges. Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025)

Christopher J FreemanAlex Idwal ParryCole G EassonCara L FioreL. Jay HoukRobert W Thacker

coral reef spongesmicrobial ecologycoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemsbiologyaquatic ecosystems

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia Muta Schmidt 1870 and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

The Chromosomal Genome Sequence of the Sponge Cliona Cf. Orientalis Thiele (1900) and Its Associated Microbial Metagenome Sequences. Wellcome Open Research (2025)

Sponge-Derived Matter is Assimilated by Coral Holobionts. Communications Biology (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonAmy ApprillChristopher J. FreemanMichaela M. BartleyCara L. Fiore

oceanographybiogeochemistrysponge-derived mattercoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemscoral aquaculturebiologymarine ecologybiological oceanographyecologyecosystemsmarine chemistrycoral holobionts

Sponge Exhalent Metabolites Influence Coral Reef Picoplankton Dynamics. Scientific Reports (2024)

Alicia M. ReigelCole G. EassonCara L. FioreAmy Apprill

Sponge–Microbe Interactions on Coral Reefs: Multiple Evolutionary Solutions to a Complex Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science (2021)

Christopher J. FreemanCole G. EassonCara L. FioreRobert W. Thacker

microbial ecologycoral reefsmarine biologymarine systemsmarine micropaleontologyorganic matterbiologymarine ecologymarine spongeshost spongeecologysymbiosis

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