The coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus kills non-pathogenic holobiont competitors by triggering prophage induction

W Wang, K Tang, P Wang, Z Zeng, T Xu… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The coral reef microbiome is central to reef health and resilience. Competitive interactions
between opportunistic coral pathogens and other commensal microbes affect the health of …

Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida

B Ushijima, JL Meyer, S Thompson, K Pitts… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A deadly coral disease outbreak has been devastating the Florida Reef Tract since 2014.
This disease, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), affects at least 22 coral species …

Corals as canaries in the coalmine: towards the incorporation of marine ecosystems into the 'One Health'concept

M Sweet, A Burian, M Bulling - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 'One World–One Health'is a developing concept which aims to explicitly incorporate
linkages between the environment and human society into wildlife and human health care …

Recent advancements in coral health, microbiome interactions and climate change

N Ashraf, A Anas, V Sukumaran, G Gopinath… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Corals are the visible indicators of the disasters induced by global climate change and
anthropogenic activities and have become a highly vulnerable ecosystem on the verge of …

Stony coral tissue loss disease intervention with amoxicillin leads to a reversal of disease‐modulated gene expression pathways

MS Studivan, RJ Eckert, E Shilling… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented disease outbreak due
to its high mortality rate and rapid spread throughout Florida's Coral Reef and wider …

Coral mucus rapidly induces chemokinesis and genome-wide transcriptional shifts toward early pathogenesis in a bacterial coral pathogen

C Gao, M Garren, K Penn, VI Fernandez… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Elevated seawater temperatures have contributed to the rise of coral disease mediated by
bacterial pathogens, such as the globally distributed Vibrio coralliilyticus, which utilizes coral …

Vibrio coralliilyticus infection triggers a behavioural response and perturbs nutritional exchange and tissue integrity in a symbiotic coral

E Gibbin, A Gavish, T Krueger… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Under homoeostatic conditions, the relationship between the coral Pocillopora damicornis
and Vibrio coralliilyticus is commensal. An increase in temperature, or in the abundance of …

Influence of chemotaxis and swimming patterns on the virulence of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

B Ushijima, CC Häse - Journal of bacteriology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chemotaxis, the directed movement toward or away from a chemical signal, can be
essential to bacterial pathogens for locating hosts or avoiding hostile environments. The …

Mitigation of Vibrio coralliilyticus-induced coral bleaching through bacterial dysbiosis prevention by Ruegeria profundi

M Xu, Z Cai, K Cheng, G Chen… - Applied and Environmental …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio species are prevalent in ocean ecosystems, particularly Vibrio coralliilyticus, and pose
a threat to corals and other marine organisms under global warming conditions. While …

Possible toxification mechanisms of acute and chronic pentachlorophenol to Montipora digitata: Limitation of energy supply and immunotoxicity

L Luo, P Xue, X Chen, P Gan, X Li, K Yu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is widely found in coastal environments and has various adverse
effects, and its potential impact on coral reef ecosystems concerning. The scleractinian coral …