Quantitative Detection of Active Vibrios Associated with White Plague Disease in Mussismilia braziliensis Corals by Moreira, Ana P. B., Garcia, Gizele D., Berlinck, Roberto G. S., Thompson, Cristiane C., Thompson, Fabiano L., Alessandra Chimetto Tonon, Luciane, Thompson, Janelle Renee, Penn, Kevin, Lim, Rachelle A.

“…One of the best-characterized coral pathogens is Vibrio coralliilyticus, an aetilogic agent of White Plague Disease (WPD). We used Mussismilia coral tissue (healthy and diseased specimens) to develop a rapid reproducible detection system for vibrios based on RT-QPCR and SYBR chemistry. …”
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