Viruses that infect microbial hosts have traditionally been studied in laboratory settings with
a focus on either obligate lysis or persistent lysogeny. In the environment, these infection …

Coral reefs occur in nutrient-poor shallow waters, constitute biodiversity and productivity
hotspots, and are threatened by anthropogenic disturbance. This Review provides an …

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first documented in 2014 near the Port of
Miami, Florida, and has since spread north and south along Florida's Coral Reef, killing …

All coral reef organisms are susceptible to diseases, as are terrestrial organisms, but
studying these diseases can be more difficult and much remains to be learned. Although …

Marine invertebrates are ecologically and economically important and have formed
holobionts by evolving symbiotic relationships with cellular and acellular microorganisms …

Disease is an increasing threat to reef-building corals. One of the few identified pathogens of
coral disease is the bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus. In Vibrio cholerae, infection by a bacterial …

Disease is increasingly recognized as a threat to coral reef ecosystems, particularly in the
light of increasing anthropogenic disturbances that disrupt important symbiotic partnerships …

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is affecting corals across the Western Atlantic and
displays species-specific and regional differences in prevalence, incidence, degree of …

Metagenomic and electron microscopy studies confirm that the coral microbiome contains a
rich diversity and abundance of viruses. While there have been no definitive tests of disease …

We propose 'the moving target hypothesis' to describe the aetiology of a contemporary coral
disease that differs from that of its historical disease state. Hitting the target with coral …