The role of coral-associated bacterial communities in Australian Subtropical White Syndrome of Turbinaria mesenterina.

Australian Subtropical White Syndrome (ASWS) is an infectious, temperature dependent disease of the subtropical coral Turbinaria mesenterina involving a hitherto unknown transmissible causative agent. This report describes significant changes in the coral associated bacterial community as the diseas...

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Main Authors: Scott Godwin, Elizabeth Bent, James Borneman, Lily Pereg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22970188/pdf/?tool=EBI