Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.

Reports of mass coral mortality from disease have increased over the last two decades. Montipora white syndrome (MWS) is a tissue loss disease that has negatively impacted populations of the coral Montipora capitata in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i. Two types of MWS have been documented; a progres...

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Main Authors: Silvia Beurmann, Blake Ushijima, Patrick Videau, Christina Marie Svoboda, Ashley Marie Smith, Orion Silverstar Rivers, Greta Smith Aeby, Sean Michael Callahan
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
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Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5690655?pdf=render
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author Silvia Beurmann
Blake Ushijima
Patrick Videau
Christina Marie Svoboda
Ashley Marie Smith
Orion Silverstar Rivers
Greta Smith Aeby
Sean Michael Callahan
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Patrick Videau
Christina Marie Svoboda
Ashley Marie Smith
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Greta Smith Aeby
Sean Michael Callahan
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description Reports of mass coral mortality from disease have increased over the last two decades. Montipora white syndrome (MWS) is a tissue loss disease that has negatively impacted populations of the coral Montipora capitata in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i. Two types of MWS have been documented; a progressive disease termed chronic MWS (cMWS), that can be caused by Vibrio owensii strain OCN002, and a comparatively faster disease termed acute MWS (aMWS), that can be caused by Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN008. M. capitata colonies exhibiting cMWS can spontaneously switch to aMWS in the field. In this study, a novel Pseudoalteromonas species, P. piratica strain OCN003, fulfilled Koch's postulates of disease causation as another etiological agent of aMWS. Additionally, OCN003 induced a switch from cMWS to aMWS on M. capitata in laboratory infection trials. A comparison of OCN003 and Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN008, showed that OCN003 was more effective at inducing the cMWS to aMWS switch in M. capitata than OCN008. This study is the first to demonstrate that similar disease signs on one coral species (aMWS on M. capitata) can be caused by multiple pathogens, and describes the first Pseudoalteromonas species that infects coral.
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spelling doaj.art-ee39473caa234d1f8b20d50875da1dd42022-12-21T20:02:46ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-011211e018831910.1371/journal.pone.0188319Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.Silvia BeurmannBlake UshijimaPatrick VideauChristina Marie SvobodaAshley Marie SmithOrion Silverstar RiversGreta Smith AebySean Michael CallahanReports of mass coral mortality from disease have increased over the last two decades. Montipora white syndrome (MWS) is a tissue loss disease that has negatively impacted populations of the coral Montipora capitata in Kāne'ohe Bay, Hawai'i. Two types of MWS have been documented; a progressive disease termed chronic MWS (cMWS), that can be caused by Vibrio owensii strain OCN002, and a comparatively faster disease termed acute MWS (aMWS), that can be caused by Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN008. M. capitata colonies exhibiting cMWS can spontaneously switch to aMWS in the field. In this study, a novel Pseudoalteromonas species, P. piratica strain OCN003, fulfilled Koch's postulates of disease causation as another etiological agent of aMWS. Additionally, OCN003 induced a switch from cMWS to aMWS on M. capitata in laboratory infection trials. A comparison of OCN003 and Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN008, showed that OCN003 was more effective at inducing the cMWS to aMWS switch in M. capitata than OCN008. This study is the first to demonstrate that similar disease signs on one coral species (aMWS on M. capitata) can be caused by multiple pathogens, and describes the first Pseudoalteromonas species that infects coral.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5690655?pdf=render
spellingShingle Silvia Beurmann
Blake Ushijima
Patrick Videau
Christina Marie Svoboda
Ashley Marie Smith
Orion Silverstar Rivers
Greta Smith Aeby
Sean Michael Callahan
Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
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title Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
title_full Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
title_fullStr Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
title_full_unstemmed Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
title_short Pseudoalteromonas piratica strain OCN003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute Montipora white syndrome in Montipora capitata.
title_sort pseudoalteromonas piratica strain ocn003 is a coral pathogen that causes a switch from chronic to acute montipora white syndrome in montipora capitata
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5690655?pdf=render
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