Fungal disease resistance of Caribbean sea fan corals (Gorgonia spp.)

By K. Kim, C. D. Harvell, P. Kim, Garriett W Smith, S. Merkel. 2000

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ARE DISEASES INCREASING IN THE OCEAN (2004, background): “In the marine environment, this is a widespread pathogen of sea fans throughout the Caribbean (Kim & Harvell 2002, Kim et al. 2000).”
Characterization of Aspergillus sydowii (Thom et Church), a fungal pathogen of Caribbean sea fan corals (2001, methodology): “The antifungal activity of the crude extracts was determined using a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay described in Kim et al. (2000) .”
Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef (2007, background): “Aurantimonas coralicida as the possible causative agent of white plague type II (Denner et al. 2003); the fungus Aspergillus sydowii is the causative agent of mass mortalities of gorgonians in the Caribbean ( Kim et al. 2000a, b); black band disease is believed to be caused by a mixed microbial con”
Disease transmission of aspergillosis in sea fans: Inferring process from spatial pattern (2002, background): “Sea fans produce antifungal compounds that inhibit fungal growth in pure culture and might play a role in host resistance to the disease and size-specific patterns of susceptibility (Kim et al. 2000, Alker et al. 2001; Dube et al., 2002).”
Pathogens compromise reproduction and induce melanization in Caribbean sea fans (2003, background): “Antifungal activity is high in sea fans and other gorgonians (Kim et al. 2000a,b).”