| complete genome sequence of pseudoalteromonas sp. strain ocn003, isolated from kāne'ohe bay, o'ahu, hawaii. | pseudoalteromonas sp. strain ocn003 is a marine gammaproteobacterium that was isolated from a diseased colony of the common hawaiian reef coral, montipora capitata, found on a reef surrounding moku o lo'e in kāne'ohe bay, hawaii. here, we report the complete genome of pseudoalteromonas sp. strain ocn003. | 2015 | 25593253 |
| vibrio owensii induces the tissue loss disease montipora white syndrome in the hawaiian reef coral montipora capitata. | incidences of coral disease in the indo-pacific are increasing at an alarming rate. in particular, montipora white syndrome, a tissue-loss disease found on corals throughout the hawaiian archipelago, has the potential to degrade hawaii's reefs. to identify the etiologic agent of montipora white syndrome, bacteria were isolated from a diseased fragment of montipora capitata and used in a screen for virulent strains. a single isolate, designated strain ocn002, recreated disease signs in 53% of cor ... | 2012 | 23056419 |
| vibrio coralliilyticus strain ocn008 is an etiological agent of acute montipora white syndrome. | identification of a pathogen is a critical first step in the epidemiology and subsequent management of a disease. a limited number of pathogens have been identified for diseases contributing to the global decline of coral populations. here we describe vibrio coralliilyticus strain ocn008, which induces acute montipora white syndrome (amws), a tissue loss disease responsible for substantial mortality of the coral montipora capitata in kāne'ohe bay, hawai'i. ocn008 was grown in pure culture, recre ... | 2014 | 24463971 |
| differences in bacterial community structure in two color morphs of the hawaiian reef coral montipora capitata. | corals harbor diverse bacterial associations that contribute to the health of the host. using 16s rrna pyrosequencing, we compared the bacterial communities of red and orange morphs of the hawaiian coral montipora capitata. although both color morphs shared dominant bacterial genera, weighted and unweighted unifrac analyses showed distinct bacterial communities. a single operational taxonomic unit (otu), classified as vibrio, represented the largest driver of differences between the color morphs ... | 2015 | 26253663 |
| betaines and dimethylsulfoniopropionate as major osmolytes in cnidaria with endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. | most marine invertebrates and algae are osmoconformers whose cells accumulate organic osmolytes that provide half or more of cellular osmotic pressure. these solutes are primarily free amino acids and glycine betaine in most invertebrates and small carbohydrates and dimethylsulfoniopropionate (dmsp) in many algae. corals with endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (symbiodinium spp.) have been reported to obtain from the symbionts potential organic osmolytes such as glycerol, amino acids, and dmsp. howev ... | 2010 | 19922288 |
| effects of mechanical fracturing and experimental trampling on hawaiian corals. | in situ trampling occurred under experimental conditions to quantify the differences in the responses to anthropogenic trampling in four dominant species of hawaiian corals, porites compressa, porites lobata, montipora capitata, and pocillopora meandrina. trampling was simulated daily for a period of nine days at which time further breakage was minimal. forty treatment colonies produced 559 fragments. trampling was followed by an 11-month recovery period. coral colony and fragment mortality was ... | 2003 | 12592453 |