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 …

Small islands

LA Nurse, RF McLean, J Agard, LP Briguglio… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014 - hal.science
Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

Pathogenesis of a tissue loss disease affecting multiple species of corals along the Florida Reef Tract

GS Aeby, B Ushijima, JE Campbell, S Jones… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), emerged on reefs off the coast of
southeast Florida in 2014 and continues to spread throughout Florida's Reef Tract. SCTLD is …

Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus

RM Wright, GV Aglyamova, E Meyer, MV Matz - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct
contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide …

Hemolymph microbiome of Pacific oysters in response to temperature, temperature stress and infection

A Lokmer, KM Wegner - The ISME journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Microbiota provide their hosts with a range of beneficial services, including defense from
external pathogens. However, host-associated microbial communities themselves can act as …

Increased seawater temperature increases the abundance and alters the structure of natural Vibrio populations associated with the coral Pocillopora damicornis

J Tout, N Siboni, LF Messer, M Garren… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Rising seawater temperature associated with global climate change is a significant threat to
coral health and is linked to increasing coral disease and pathogen-related bleaching …

Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change

ML Groner, J Maynard, R Breyta… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Infectious marine diseases can decimate populations and are increasing among some taxa
due to global change and our increasing reliance on marine environments. Marine diseases …

Pathogenesis, virulence factors and virulence regulation of vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade

HA Darshanee Ruwandeepika… - Reviews in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Harveyi clade or core group of the Vibrio genus includes both pathogenic and non‐
pathogenic bacteria. Some of the species belonging to the clade, such as Vibrio harveyi …

Comparative genomic analyses identify the Vibrio harveyi genome sequenced strains BAA‐1116 and HY01 as Vibrio campbellii

B Lin, Z Wang, AP Malanoski… - Environmental …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Three notable members of the Harveyi clade, Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio
parahaemolyticus, are best known as marine pathogens of commercial and medical import …