… about how the cells function and interact to provide resistance to diseases in corals (Fig.
22.3). … In our studies of resistance to fungal disease in gorgonians, we have identified several …

… tropical marine diseases, whether or not infectious pathogens mutate to more virulent or less
virulent forms. Therefore, understanding disease resistance and the influence of the corals’ …

… coral host–pathogen systems. While temperature is widely hypothesized to drive coral disease
outbreaks by decreasing coral resistance … Here we report evidence from the sea fan coral …

… Disease has been a principal cause of reef degradation and is expected to worsen with …
within novel ecosystems enhances coral resistance to epizootics. Thus, disease could become a …

… coral bleaching and other diseases. Recent research indicates that corals can develop
resistance to … an important role in the nutrition and disease-resistance of healthy corals. When the …

… , pathogen recognition and innate immunity in reef-building corals. … disease resistant coral
strains, which in combination with coral farming and local replanting of diverse sets of disease …

… What we know about coral disease processes remains insufficient to overcome many … new
disease agents (including bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes), genetic host disease resistance …

… broad coral disease resistance traits. By leveraging a disease transmission experiment with
seven coral … lead to either a susceptible or resistant disease-exposure outcome that is both …

… -band disease. The influence of high water temperatures on the ability of the coral to resist
this disease … the possibility that more varieties of coral might show similar disease resistance. …

… outbreaks have caused significant declines of keystone coral species. While forecasting
disease … of susceptibility among coral species that would help predict disease impacts on …