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Correction to: In stability and Stasis Among the Microbiome of Seagrass Leaves, Roots and Rhizomes, and Nearby Sediments Within a Natural pH Gradient
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Variance of coral anti-pathogen defense in response to transplantation between coral- and macroalgal-dominated reefs
Coral reefs are undergoing precipitous decline due to coral bleaching and disease following warming events, with impacted reefs often shifting from coral to macroalgal dominance. We reciprocally transplanted t...
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Open AccessInstability and Stasis Among the Microbiome of Seagrass Leaves, Roots and Rhizomes, and Nearby Sediments Within a Natural pH Gradient
Seagrass meadows are hotspots of biodiversity with considerable economic and ecological value. The health of seagrass ecosystems is influenced in part by the makeup and stability of their microbiome, but micro...
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Open AccessMicrobiome structure in large pelagic sharks with distinct feeding ecologies
Sharks play essential roles in ocean food webs and human culture, but also face population declines worldwide due to human activity. The relationship between sharks and the microbes on and in the shark body is...
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Open AccessElasmobranch microbiomes: emerging patterns and implications for host health and ecology
Elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) are of broad ecological, economic, and societal value. These globally important fishes are experiencing sharp population declines as a result of human activity in the oc...
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Open AccessSurviving marginalized reefs: assessing the implications of the microbiome on coral physiology and survivorship
Coral reefs are undergoing degradation due to overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. Management and restoration efforts require that we gain a better understanding of the complex interactions between...
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Open AccessThe stable microbiome of inter and sub-tidal anemone species under increasing pCO2
Increasing levels of pCO2 within the oceans will select for resistant organisms such as anemones, which may thrive under ocean acidification conditions. However, increasing pCO2 may alter the bacterial community ...
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Microbial Interactions on Coral Surfaces and Within the Coral Holobiont
Microbial communities associated with coral surfaces are diverse and complex. They play key roles in nutrient acquisition by coral holobionts and in responses to stressors and diseases. Members of coral-associ...
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Open AccessDraft genome sequence of Halomonas meridiana R1t3 isolated from the surface microbiota of the Caribbean Elkhorn coral Acropora palmata
Members of the gammaproteobacterial genus Halomonas are common in marine environments. Halomonas and other members of the Oceanospirillales have recently been identified as prominent members of the surface microb...
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Outcomes of Infections of Sea Anemone Aiptasia pallida with Vibrio spp. Pathogenic to Corals
Incidents of coral disease are on the rise. However, in the absence of a surrogate animal host, understanding of the interactions between coral pathogens and their hosts remains relatively limited, compared to...
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Temperature-Dependent Inhibition of Opportunistic Vibrio Pathogens by Native Coral Commensal Bacteria
Bacteria living within the surface mucus layer of corals compete for nutrients and space. A number of stresses affect the outcome of this competition. The interactions between native microorganisms and opportu...
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Bacterial Symbionts of Corals and Symbiodinium
Multipartite symbiosis in corals is an exciting area of research that is not well studied. Research to date indicates that bacterial associates of corals may protect the host by producing antibiotics and other...
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White Pox Disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata
Populations of the most common Caribbean reef-building coral, Acropora palmata, are being decimated by white pox disease, with losses of living cover in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) averagin...
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Microbial Communities of Coral Surface Mucopolysaccharide Layers
Microbes associated with corals form communities that differ significantly from water mass communities. Physiological and metabolic activities occurring within these close, mutualistic relationships are very d...
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Microbial disease causation in marine invertebrates: problems, practices, and future prospects
Diseases of marine organisms appear to be increasing world-wide, but the causes of many of these remain a mystery. Here we outline steps that we have taken to identify various pathogens of marine invertebrates...
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Integrating microbiological, microsensor, molecular, and physiologic techniques in the study of coral disease pathogenesis
The study of coral diseases requires an integrated approach that includes a combination of field and laboratory methods. By combining and building upon information available from multiple disciplines, within b...
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Microbial disease causation in marine invertebrates: problems, practices, and future prospects
Diseases of marine organisms appear to be increasing world-wide, but the causes of many of these remain a mystery. Here we outline steps that we have taken to identify various pathogens of marine invertebrates...
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Integrating microbiological, microsensor, molecular, and physiologic techniques in the study of coral disease pathogenesis
The study of coral diseases requires an integrated approach that includes a combination of field and laboratory methods. By combining and building upon information available from multiple disciplines, within b...
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A tetrodotoxin-producing marine pathogen
Disease-related mortalities of sea urchin populations have occurred globally over the past 20 years, although the causative agents have rarely been identified1. We have discovered a potent new marine pathogen tha...
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Cause of sea fan death in the West Indies
A fungus from the genus Aspergillus is the probable agent of epizootic infections that have caused mass mortality of sea fan corals (Gorgonia ventalina) over the past 15 years1,2. Here we show that four strains o...
