An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals.

By W. H. Wilson, A. Dale, J. Davy, Simon K. Davy. Coral reefs, 2005

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Bacterial assemblages differ between compartments within the coral holobiont (2011, background): “Recent advances in molecular ecology have shown that corals are associated with a diverse microbiota encompassing viruses (Wilson et al. 2001, 2005; Davy et al. 2006; Marhaver et al. 2008; Claverie et al. 2009), fungi (Le Campion-Alsumard et al. 1995; Priess et al. 2000; Ravindran et al. 2001;…”
Comprehensive characterization of skeletal tissue growth anomalies of the finger coral Porites compressa (2006, unknown): “Although a viral etiology cannot be excluded, as viral particles have been observed inside zooxanthellae symbionts of Pavona danae (Wilson et al. 2005).”
Viruses as pathogens of marine organisms—from bacteria to whales (2006, background): “The VLPs have been observed in the reproductive organs of several species of ¢lamentous brown algae in di¡erent geographic areas; many seaweed populations are subject to contact with viral genomes (Muller, 1996; Muller et al., 1996).”
Coral-virus interactions: A double-edged sword? (2010, background): “To further test the latent VLP hypothesis, TEM was conducted on thin sections of heat stressed and control Pavona danai, resolving hexagonal VLPs (mostly 40-50 nm) in both symbiotic compartments of control and experimental animals (Wilson et al., 2005).”