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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2014

Vibrio coralliilyticus strain OCN008 is an etiological agent of acute Montipora white syndrome.

Blake Ushijima, Patrick Videau, Andrew H Burger, Amanda Shore-Maggio, Christina M Runyon, Mareike Sudek, Greta S Aeby, Sean M Callahan

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Blake UshijimaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.
Patrick Videau
Andrew H Burger
Amanda Shore-Maggio
Christina M Runyon
Mareike Sudek
Greta S Aeby
Sean M Callahan
University of Hawaii System · USVictoria University of Wellington · NZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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, recreated signs of disease in experimentally infected corals, and could be recovered after infection. In addition, strains similar to OCN008 were isolated from diseased coral from the field but not from healthy M. capitata. OCN008 repeatedly induced the loss of healthy M. capitata tissue from fragments under laboratory conditions with a minimum infectious dose of between 10(7) and 10(8) CFU/ml of water. In contrast, Porites compressa was not infected by OCN008, indicating the host specificity of the pathogen. A decrease in water temperature from 27 to 23°C affected the time to disease onset, but the risk of infection was not significantly reduced. Temperature-dependent bleaching, which has been observed with the V. coralliilyticus type strain BAA-450, was not observed during infection with OCN008. A comparison of the OCN008 genome to the genomes of pathogenic V. coralliilyticus strains BAA-450 and P1 revealed similar virulence-associated genes and quorum-sensing systems. Despite this genetic similarity, infections of M. capitata by OCN008 do not follow the paradigm for V. coralliilyticus infections established by the type strain.

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AnimalsAnthozoaCluster AnalysisDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalGenotypeHawaiiHost SpecificityMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNATemperatureVibrioVirulence FactorsDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SVirulence Factors

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PMCPMC3993142
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