Identification of Candidate Coral Pathogens on White Band Disease-Infected Staghorn Coral.

Bacterial diseases affecting scleractinian corals pose an enormous threat to the health of coral reefs, yet we still have a limited understanding of the bacteria associated with coral diseases. White band disease is a bacterial disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid corals, the staghorn co...

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Main Authors: Sarah A Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Steven V Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4524643?pdf=render