An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals.

WH Wilson, AL Dale, JE Davy, SK Davy - Coral Reefs, 2005 - Springer
Marine virology has been transformed in recent years following the discovery that viruses
are typically present in concentrations of between 106–108 mlÀ1 in seawater (Bergh et al …

Prevalence of virus-like particles within a staghorn scleractinian coral (Acropora muricata) from the Great Barrier Reef

NL Patten, PL Harrison, JG Mitchell - Coral Reefs, 2008 - Springer
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to determine whether Acropora muricata
coral colonies from the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, harboured virus-like particles …

Viral communities associated with healthy and bleaching corals

KL Marhaver, RA Edwards… - Environmental …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The coral holobiont is the integrated assemblage of the coral animal, its symbiotic algae,
protists, fungi and a diverse consortium of Bacteria and Archaea. Corals are a model system …

Viruses: agents of coral disease?

SK Davy, SG Burchett, AL Dale, P Davies… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2006 - int-res.com
The potential role of viruses in coral disease has only recently begun to receive attention.
Here we describe our attempts to determine whether viruses are present in thermally …

Viruses of reef-building scleractinian corals

RLV Thurber, AMS Correa - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Viruses are ubiquitous and abundant pathogens that likely infect and disrupt all cellular
organisms. Although a high diversity of viral types has been characterized from corals over …

The role of viruses in coral health and disease

M Sweet, J Bythell - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Metagenomic and electron microscopy studies confirm that the coral microbiome contains a
rich diversity and abundance of viruses. While there have been no definitive tests of disease …

The versatile nature of coral‐associated viruses

Y Bettarel, T Bouvier, HK Nguyen… - Environmental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A recent hypothesis considers that many coral pathologies are the result of a sudden
structural alteration of the epibiotic bacterial communities in response to environmental …

Flow cytometric analysis of virus-like particles and heterotrophic bacteria within coral-associated reef water

NL Patten, JR Seymour, JG Mitchell - Journal of the Marine …, 2006 - cambridge.org
Using flow cytometry, two distinct populations of virus-like particles (VLP) and heterotrophic
bacteria were defined within the 12 cm water layer immediately overlying healthy, diseased …

Virus–host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease

RV Thurber, JP Payet, AR Thurber… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Coral reefs occur in nutrient-poor shallow waters, constitute biodiversity and productivity
hotspots, and are threatened by anthropogenic disturbance. This Review provides an …

Abundance and morphology of virus-like particles associated with the coral Acropora hyacinthus differ between healthy and white syndrome-infected states

FJ Pollock, EM Wood-Charlson… - Marine Ecology …, 2014 - int-res.com
Disease outbreaks are implicated in coral reef degradation worldwide, but little is known
about the role of viruses in coral health. In this study, transmission electron microscopy …