Virulence as a Side Effect of Interspecies Interaction in italic toggle="yes">Vibrio /italic> Coral Pathogens

• Published in: mBio Vol. 11; no. 4
• Main Authors: Esther Rubio-Portillo, Ana B. Martin-Cuadrado, Andrés M. Caraballo-Rodríguez, Forest Rohwer, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Josefa Antón
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 01.08.2020
• Subjects: competition; coral diseases; transcriptome; Vibrio; virulence

ABSTRACT The increase in prevalence and severity of coral disease outbreaks produced by Vibrio pathogens, and related to global warming, has seriously impacted reef-building corals throughout the oceans. The coral Oculina patagonica has been used as a model system to study coral bleaching produced b...