Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease

Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease

Sea star wasting (SSW) disease describes a condition affecting asteroids that resulted in significant Northeastern Pacific population decline following a mass mortality event in 2013. The etiology of SSW is unresolved. We hypothesized that SSW is a sequela of microbial organic matter remineralizatio...

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Main Authors: Citlalli A. Aquino, Ryan M. Besemer, Christopher M. DeRito, Jan Kocian, Ian R. Porter, Peter T. Raimondi, Jordan E. Rede, Lauren M. Schiebelhut, Jed P. Sparks, John P. Wares, Ian Hewson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
sea star wasting
oxygen
heterotroph
remineralization
phytoplankton
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.610009/full

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