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Comparative Study
. 2007 Apr;73(8):2755-7.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.02738-06. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of Brown Band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease

Oded Yarden  1 , Tracy D Ainsworth, George Roff, William Leggat, Maoz Fine, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
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Comparative Study

Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of Brown Band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease

Oded Yarden et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

The prevalence of coral-associated fungi was four times higher in diseased Acropora formosa colonies than in healthy colonies. Since taxonomically related fungal species were isolated from diseased and healthy colonies, we suggest that their association with coral may be constitutive but that their abundance is dependent on coral health.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Prevelance of fungal association with healthy and diseased individual samples of Acropora formosa, as observed 5 days postsampling (samples were comprised of a total of 43 and 36 apparently healthy and diseased individuals, respectively). The absence or presence of fungi in all individuals is represented by empty or filled bars, respectively.
FIG. 2.
FIG. 2.
Fungal colonies (marked with arrows) emerging from polyp skeleton structures of Acropora formosa exhibiting brown band syndrome. Coral tissue was removed prior to emersion into PDACl and incubation for 3 days.
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