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Sulfide, microcystin, and the etiology of black band disease. [PDF]

Dis Aquat Organ, 2009
Black band disease (BBD) consists of a cyanobacterial-dominated, sulfide-rich microbial mat that migrates across coral colonies, degrading coral tissue. The mat contains diverse bacteria that include photoautotrophs (cyanobacteria), sulfate-reducers, sulfide-oxidizers, and organoheterotrophs.
Richardson LL, Miller AW, Broderick E, Kaczmarsky L, Gantar M, Stanić D, Sekar R.   +6 more
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Spatio-temporal transmission patterns of black-band disease in a coral community. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Transmission mechanisms of black-band disease (BBD) in coral reefs are poorly understood, although this disease is considered to be one of the most widespread and destructive coral infectious diseases. The major objective of this study was to
Assaf Zvuloni, Yael Artzy-Randrup, Lewi Stone, Esti Kramarsky-Winter, Roy Barkan, Yossi Loya   +5 more
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Antibacterial Activity of Marine and Black Band Disease Cyanobacteria against Coral-Associated Bacteria [PDF]

Marine Drugs, 2011
Black band disease (BBD) of corals is a cyanobacteria-dominated polymicrobial disease that contains diverse populations of heterotrophic bacteria. It is one of the most destructive of coral diseases and is found globally on tropical and sub-tropical ...
Laurie L. Richardson, Dina Stanić, Aaron W. Miller, Miroslav Gantar, Longin T. Kaczmarsky   +4 more
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Prevalence and Incidence of Black Band Disease of Scleractinian Corals in the Kepulauan Seribu Region of Indonesia

Diversity, 2016
Black band disease (BBD) is the oldest recognised disease associated with scleractinian corals. However, despite this, few BBD surveys have been conducted in the Indonesian archipelago, one of the world’s hot spots for coral diversity.
Ofri Johan, Neviaty P. Zamany, David Smith, Michael J. Sweet   +3 more
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Unraveling the Physiological Roles of the Cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp. BBD and Other Black Band Disease Community Members through Genomic Analysis of a Mixed Culture. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Black band disease (BBD) is a cyanobacterial-dominated polymicrobial mat that propagates on and migrates across coral surfaces, necrotizing coral tissue. Culture-based laboratory studies have investigated cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria isolated
Paul A Den Uyl, Laurie L Richardson, Sunit Jain, Gregory J Dick   +3 more
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Reflections: Spectral Investigation of Black Band Disease in Hawaiian Corals

Remote Sensing
Coral reefs are essential to the cultural, ecological, and economic well-being of Hawai‘i’s communities, yet they face increasing threats from environmental changes and localized stressors, including coral disease. Detecting coral disease often relies on
Mia B. Melamed, Roberta E. Martin, McKenna Allen, Gregory P. Asner   +3 more
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Breakdown of microbial networks links nutrient stress and reef coral disease [PDF]

Nature Communications
Coral diseases are increasing in prevalence, accelerating the global decline of tropical reefs, which threatens over 25% of marine biodiversity and vital ecosystem services for human societies.
Raphaela Gracie, Jörg Wiedenmann, Phyllis Lam, Michael Sweet, Cecilia D’Angelo   +4 more
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Comparative Metagenomics of the Polymicrobial Black Band Disease of Corals. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2017
Black Band Disease (BBD), the destructive microbial consortium dominated by the cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium, affects corals worldwide. While the taxonomic composition of BBD consortia has been well-characterized, substantially less is known about its functional repertoire. We sequenced the metagenomes of Caribbean and Pacific black band mats
Meyer JL, Paul VJ, Raymundo LJ, Teplitski M.   +3 more
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The Black Band Disease of Atlantic Reef Corals. [PDF]

Marine Ecology, 1983
Abstract.Some reef building corals in the western Atlantic are susceptible to an infection known as black band disease that is caused by the cyanophyte (cyanobacterium)Phormidium corallyticumRützler& Santavy. Field observations on the barrier reef of Belize and on reefs of the Bermuda platform indicate the disease is fairly common in susceptible ...
Rützler, Klaus, Santavy, D. L., Antonius, A.   +2 more
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Microbiome shifts and the inhibition of quorum sensing by Black Band Disease cyanobacteria. [PDF]

ISME J, 2016
Abstract Disruption of the microbiome often correlates with the appearance of disease symptoms in metaorganisms such as corals. In Black Band Disease (BBD), a polymicrobial disease consortium dominated by the filamentous cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium displaces members of the epibiotic microbiome.
Meyer JL, Gunasekera SP, Scott RM, Paul VJ, Teplitski M.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources