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Shifts in the microbiome and virome are associated with stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). [PDF]

ISME Commun
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a rapidly spreading lethal coral disease, the etiology of which remains poorly understood. In this study, using deep metagenomic sequencing, we investigated microbial and viral community dynamics associated with SCTLD progression in the Caribbean stony coral Diploria labyrinthiformis.
Nandi S, Stephens TG, Walsh K, García-Camps R, Villalpando MF, Sellares-Blasco RI, Zubillaga AL, Croquer A, Bhattacharya D.   +8 more
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The relative effectiveness of chlorine and antibiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease

Frontiers in Marine Science
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) causes severe mortality in many hard corals and is now present in most of the Caribbean. The application of amoxicillin paste is currently the most successful local intervention to treat SCTLD lesions in nature ...
Graham E. Forrester, Laura Arton, Argel Horton, Greta Aeby   +3 more
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Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Results in Persistent Microbial-Level Disturbances on Coral Reef Ecosystems. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
ABSTRACT Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has reduced coral diversity and homogenised benthic communities. Beyond coral loss, SCTLD may disrupt microbiome composition and function, affecting reef recovery. We examined microbiome changes of apparently healthy corals, water, and sediment at three patch reefs in the Lower Florida ...
Rosales SM, Klinges JG, Clark AS, Muller EM, Huebner LK.   +4 more
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Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands. [PDF]

Microbiol Resour Announc, 2022
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is decimating Caribbean corals. Here, through the metatranscriptomic assembly and annotation of two alphaflexivirus-like strains, we provide genomic evidence of filamentous viruses in SCTLD-affected, -exposed, and -unexposed coral colonies. These data will assist in clarifying the roles of viruses in SCTLD.
Veglia AJ, Beavers K, Van Buren EW, Meiling SS, Muller EM, Smith TB, Holstein DM, Apprill A, Brandt ME, Mydlarz LD, Correa AMS.   +10 more
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Microbiomes of three coral species in the Mexican Caribbean and their shifts associated with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. [PDF]

PLoS One
Abstract Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has caused widespread coral mortality in the Caribbean Region. However, how the disease presence alters the microbiome community, their structure, composition, and metabolic functionality is still poorly understood.
Arriaga-Piñón ZP, Aguayo-Leyva JE, Álvarez-Filip L, Banaszak AT, Aguirre-Macedo ML, Paz-García DA, García-Maldonado JQ.   +6 more
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Exploring the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Bacterial Pathobiome [PDF]

, 2020
ABSTRACT A devastating novel coral disease outbreak, referred to as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), was first described in 2014. It is thought to have originated offshore of Miami-Dade County, FL, but has persisted and spread, affecting new reefs along the Florida Reef Tract and reefs of at least 8 other Caribbean jurisdictions.
D.D. Iwanowicz, W.B. Schill, C. M. Woodley, A. Bruckner, K. Neely, K.M. Briggs   +5 more
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Advances in coral immunity ‘omics in response to disease outbreaks

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Coral disease has progressively become one of the most pressing issues affecting coral reef survival. In the last 50 years, several reefs throughout the Caribbean have been severely impacted by increased frequency and intensity of disease outbreaks ...
Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Andrew C. Baker, Kelsey M. Beavers, Neha Garg, Jeffrey R. Guyon, Aine Hawthorn, Nicholas J. MacKnight, Mónica Medina, Laura D. Mydlarz, Esther C. Peters, Julia Marie Stewart, Michael S. Studivan, Michael S. Studivan, Joshua D. Voss   +13 more
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Evaluating the small-scale epidemiology of the stony-coral -tissue-loss-disease in the middle Florida Keys. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Along the Florida reef tract, stony-coral-tissue-loss disease (SCTLD) has caused extensive mortality of more than 20 scleractinian coral species. The pathogen is unknown, but its epizoology indicates that the disease, facilitated by water currents, has progressed linearly along the tract, affecting reefs at the scale of hundreds of kilometers.
Sharp WC, Shea CP, Maxwell KE, Muller EM, Hunt JH.   +4 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Association of butterflyfishes and stony coral tissue loss disease in the Florida Keys [PDF]

Coral Reefs, 2020
AbstractSince 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has rapidly spread throughout the Florida reef tract infecting and killing dozens of coral species. Previous studies have found that corallivorous fishes, such as butterflyfishes, are positively correlated with coral disease prevalence at both local and regional scales. This study investigates
Kara R. Noonan, Michael J. Childress
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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreaks in The Bahamas [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral reefs of Grand Bahama and New Providence islands in The Bahamas have been surveyed several times over the past decade, and long-term monitoring indicates declines in coral cover associated with hurricanes, bleaching events, and local threats. However, the greatest declines in coral populations in The Bahamas over the past decade may be attributed
Craig Dahlgren, Valeria Pizarro, Krista Sherman, William Greene, Joseph Oliver   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources