Regulation of microbial populations by coral surface mucus and mucus-associated bacteria

By K. Ritchie. 2006

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Subfields: Biotechnology, Ecology, Immunology

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Temporal variability and impact of coral diseases and bleaching in La Parguera, Puerto Rico from 2003–2007 (2009, background): “…bacteria could have been the cause of the 2005-06 WPD outbreak and that the bacteria community seems to be highly dynamic and changing in the coral holobiont, not only in WPD, but in other common diseases as well (GilAgudelo et al. 2006; Ritchie 2006; Voss et al. 2007; Sunagawa et al. 2009).”
The role of microorganisms in coral health, disease and evolution (2007, background): “Interestingly, a number of studies have shown that a high percentage of bacteria that colonize the mucus layer of hard corals produce antibiotic”
The effect of flow speed and food size on the capture efficiency and feeding behaviour of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (2016, background): “Thismucus release by CWCwould probably play a similar role in tropical and temperate systems, whereby disturbance triggers mucus release and ultimately enhances the microbial activity (Ritchie, 2006) and acts also as an important antifouling agent (Wild et al.”
Organic matter release by dominant hermatypic corals of the Northern Red Sea (2010, background): “Mucus on the coral surface serves as a transport medium for mucociliary feeding and sediment shedding processes (Schuhmacher 1977), and as a surface protection layer against desiccation during air-exposure (Krupp 1984), harmful UVradiation (Drollet et al. 1993) and invasive microbes (Ritchie 2006).”
Epidemiology of skeletal eroding band on the Great Barrier Reef and the role of injury in the initiation of this widespread coral disease (2008, background): “Shifts in microbial community composition in the mucus of compromised corals (e.g., in bleached corals, Ritchie 2006 ) may also allow microbes to invade normally resistant coral tissues.”
Allelochemicals produced by Caribbean macroalgae and cyanobacteria have species-specific effects on reef coral microorganisms (2011, methodology): “growth in comparison to controls and are potential coral visitors and disease-causing pathogens (Ritchie 2006).”
Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data (2007, background): “These include mucous; its production, biochemical properties and microbial flora (Ritchie, 2006; Sutherland et al., 2004;Mullen et al., 2004), and a cellular immune response that isolates and limits the spread of pathogens that have infected coral tissues (Sutherland”
Mechanisms of Thermal Tolerance in Reef-Building Corals across a Fine-Grained Environmental Mosaic: Lessons from Ofu, American Samoa (2018, background): “…www.frontiersin.org 5 February 2018 | Volume 4 | Article 434 ecosystems, and metabarcoding approaches have begun to chart the diverse community of bacteria associated with reef corals (Ritchie, 2006; Rosenberg et al., 2007; Lema et al., 2012; Ainsworth et al., 2015; Hernandez-Agreda et al., 2017).”
Role of microorganisms in the evolution of animals and plants: the hologenome theory of evolution. (2008, background): “Interestingly, resident symbiotic bacteria are also part of the innate immune system – by occupying potential adhesion sites and by producing antibiotics (Ritchie, 2006).”
Bleaching increases likelihood of disease on Acropora palmata (Lamarck) in Hawksnest Bay, St John, US Virgin Islands (2008, background): “In addition, Ritchie (2006) showed a decrease in the antibiotic activity of coral mucus in thermally stressed colonies of A. palmata, suggesting bleached colonies may be more susceptible to disease.”
Strong relationship between coral bleaching and growth anomalies in massive Porites (2009, background): “This is expected because bleaching compromises the health of corals and presumably make them more susceptible to microbial invasion (Ritchie, 2006), and because many microbes respond positively to warm water temperatures (Kushmaro et al., 1998; Boyett et al., 2007; Bruno et al., 2007; Ward et al.,…”
Microbial indicators as a diagnostic tool for assessing water quality and climate stress in coral reef ecosystems (2017, background): “2002; Ritchie 2006; Shnit-Orland and Kushmaro 2009; Raina et al.”