Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata
Black band is a deadly coral disease found worldwide, which may become more virulent as oceanic conditions continue to change. To determine the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on black band disease virulence, Orbicella faveolata corals with black band were exposed to different temp...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5453599 2023-05-15T17:50:46+02:00 Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata Muller, Erinn M. Leporacci, Nicole M. Macartney, Keir J. Shea, Alessandra G. Crane, Rachel E. Hall, Emily R. Ritchie, Kim B. 2017-06-01 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453599/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28570712 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178869 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453599/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28570712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178869 © 2017 Muller et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178869 2017-06-18T00:06:34Z Black band is a deadly coral disease found worldwide, which may become more virulent as oceanic conditions continue to change. To determine the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on black band disease virulence, Orbicella faveolata corals with black band were exposed to different temperature and pH conditions. Results showed a significant decrease in disease progression under low pH (7.7) conditions. Low pH also altered the relative abundance of the bacterial community of the black band disease consortium. Here, there was a significant decrease in Roseofilum, the cyanobacterium that typically dominates the black band mat. These results indicate that as oceanic pH decreases so may the virulence of a worldwide coral disease. Text Ocean acidification PubMed Central (PMC) PLOS ONE 12 6 e0178869 |
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Black band is a deadly coral disease found worldwide, which may become more virulent as oceanic conditions continue to change. To determine the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on black band disease virulence, Orbicella faveolata corals with black band were exposed to different temperature and pH conditions. Results showed a significant decrease in disease progression under low pH (7.7) conditions. Low pH also altered the relative abundance of the bacterial community of the black band disease consortium. Here, there was a significant decrease in Roseofilum, the cyanobacterium that typically dominates the black band mat. These results indicate that as oceanic pH decreases so may the virulence of a worldwide coral disease. |
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Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata |
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Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata |
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Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata |
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Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata |
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Low pH reduces the virulence of black band disease on Orbicella faveolata |
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low ph reduces the virulence of black band disease on orbicella faveolata |
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