Deciphering coral disease dynamics: integrating host, microbiome, and the changing environment

R Vega Thurber, LD Mydlarz, M Brandt… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

Microbial disease and the coral holobiont

DG Bourne, M Garren, TM Work, E Rosenberg… - Trends in …, 2009 - cell.com
Tropical coral reefs harbour a reservoir of enormous biodiversity that is increasingly
threatened by direct human activities and indirect global climate shifts. Emerging coral …

Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals

KP Sutherland, JW Porter, C Torres - Marine ecology progress series, 2004 - int-res.com
Since the mid-1990s, coral diseases have increased in number, species affected, and
geographic extent. To date, 18 coral diseases, affecting at least 150 scleractinian …

Coral disease on the great barrier reef

BL Willis, CA Page, EA Dinsdale - Coral health and disease, 2004 - Springer
Coral disease is one of the most recent in a series of threats that is challenging the
resilience of coral reef communities and is of particular concern because it may interact with …

Diversity of bacteria associated with the coral Pocillopora damicornis from the Great Barrier Reef

DG Bourne, CB Munn - Environmental microbiology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The microbial community associated with the reef building coral Pocillopora damicornis
located on the Great Barrier Reef was investigated using culture‐independent molecular …

Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data

MP Lesser, JC Bythell, RD Gates, RW Johnstone… - Journal of experimental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Emerging infectious diseases are a worldwide problem and are believed to play a major role
in coral reef degradation. The study of coral diseases is difficult but the use of culture …

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial communities in early life stages of the Caribbean coral Porites astreoides

KH Sharp, D Distel, VJ Paul - The ISME journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we examine microbial communities of early developmental stages of the coral
Porites astreoides by sequence analysis of cloned 16S rRNA genes, terminal restriction …

Microbial functional structure of Montastraea faveolata, an important Caribbean reef‐building coral, differs between healthy and yellow‐band diseased colonies

NE Kimes, JD Van Nostrand, E Weil… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A functional gene array (FGA), GeoChip 2.0, was used to assess the biogeochemical cycling
potential of microbial communities associated with healthy and Caribbean yellow band …

Cyanobacteria in plant health: Biological strategy against abiotic and biotic stresses

J Poveda - Crop Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Abiotic and biotic stresses can dramatically reduce the productivity of agricultural crops,
causing serious economic and social problems. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic …

Coral reef diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean

E Weil, CS Rogers - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2010 - Springer
Coral reefs are the jewels of the tropical oceans. They boast the highest diversity of all
marine ecosystems, aid in the development and protection of other important, productive …