Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.

Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.

Reports of mass coral mortality from disease have increased over the last two decades. Montipora white syndrome (MWS) is a tissue loss disease that has negatively impacted populations of the coral Montipora capitata in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i. Two types of MWS have been documented; a progres...

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Main Authors: Silvia Beurmann, Blake Ushijima, Patrick Videau, Christina Marie Svoboda, Ashley Marie Smith, Orion Silverstar Rivers, Greta Smith Aeby, Sean Michael Callahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5690655?pdf=render

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