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Marine fungi represent a vast, untapped reservoir of bioactive secondary metabolites \cite{Imhoff_2016}.  _Microeukaryotes play a variety of important roles in coastal and marine ecosystems; they are primary producers, predators/prey (missing trophic level), decomposers, involved in biogeochemical cycling, untapped sources of natural products, potential pathogens and symbionts._ **This is identical to what is said in Conceptual Framwork Section**  make sure to mention this somewhere:   -looked at microbial community in biofilm of Enhalus (both bacteria and eukaryotes--18s--) Their study suggests that seagrasses could be vectors for coral pathogens