Microbial diseases of corals: Pathology and ecology

Eugene Rosenberg; Ariel Kushmaro

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_26

Microbial diseases of corals: Pathology and ecology

Eugene Rosenberg, Ariel Kushmaro

Department of Biotechnology Engineering

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Abstract

Microorganisms play a fundamental role in the health and disease of all corals. Disease can be caused by pathogenic microorganisms, environmental stress, and a weakening of the host's innate immunity system. Often these factors interact. Pathogens responsible for the following coral diseases are described: Bacterial bleaching, aspergillosis, black band, white band, white plague, white pox, yellow band, brown band, porites trematodiasis, and skeletal eroding band. The small amount of data that is available on the modes of transmission and mechanism of pathogenicity are presented. Several possible modes of coral innate immunity to disease are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coral Reefs
Subtitle of host publication	An Ecosystem in Transition
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Pages	451-464
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9789400701137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0114-4_26
State	Published - 1 Dec 2011

Keywords

Coral diseases
aspergillosis
bacteria
bacterial bleaching
black band
brown band
coral bleaching
coral health
coral pathology
porites trematodiasis
skeletal eroding band
vibrio
white band
white plague
white pox
yellow band

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

UN SDGs

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