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Temperature-Regulated Bleaching and Tissue Lysis of Pocillopora damicornis by the Novel Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

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Coral Health and Disease

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Coral reefs are the most diverse and dynamic tropical and subtropical ecosystems on earth, providing substrata and shelter for hundreds of thousands of species. They are renowned for their extraordinary natural beauty and high productivity. Coral reefs provide an essential source of food, tourist income and natural coastal protection from storm damage, erosion and flooding for many coastal communities, the majority of which are in developing countries. They also provide a potential source for the isolation of biologically active metabolites of potential medical value (Sammarco and Coll 1988, 1992; Coll 1992; Jensen et al. 1996; Koh 1997). Hermatypic corals play a key role in forming the structure of coral reefs. The symbiotic association between corals and their photosynthetic algae, the zooxanthellae, is one of the primary reasons for the success of corals in these ecosystems (Sebens 1994). This symbiosis allows the coral animal to exist and flourish in oligotrophic environments.

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Rozenblat, Y.BH., Rosenberg, E. (2004). Temperature-Regulated Bleaching and Tissue Lysis of Pocillopora damicornis by the Novel Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus . In: Rosenberg, E., Loya, Y. (eds) Coral Health and Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06414-6_17

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