Changes in the bacterial community associated with black band disease in a Red Sea coral, Favia sp., in relation to disease phases

• Main Authors: Arotsker, Luba, Kramarsky-Winter, Esti, Ben-Dov, Eitan, Siboni, Nachshon, Kushmaro, Ariel
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Coral; Black band disease; Microbiota; Cyanobacteria; Red Sea
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81089; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39071
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Changes of the black band disease (BBD)-associated microbial consortium on the surface of a Favia sp. coral colony were assessed in relation to the different disease phases. A number of highly active bacterial groups changed in numbers as the BBD disease signs changed. These included Gamma- and Epsi...