Characterization of Aspergillus sydowii (Thom et Church), a fungal pathogen of Caribbean sea fan corals

By A. Alker, Garriett W Smith, K. Kim. Hydrobiologia, 2001

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Subfields: Biotechnology, Ecology, Ocean Engineering

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In Biotechnology

1. C. Harvell
2. K. Kim
3. J. Ward
4. Michael Lesser
5. J. Porter
6. A. Alker
7. O. Hoegh‐Guldberg
8. E. Jones

In Ecology

1. B. Willis
2. Michael Lesser
3. O. Hoegh‐Guldberg
4. J. Porter
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In Ocean Engineering

1. C. Harvell
2. J. Ward
3. K. Kim
4. B. Willis
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• A new Acremonium species associated with Fucus spp., and its affinity with a phylogenetically distinct marine Emericellopsis clade (2004, background): “Similar and related species, however, may have become adapted to marine substrates (Geiser et al. 1998, Alker et al. 2001, Duncan et al. 2002) and it may be difficult to distinguish between native and transitory species recovered from maritime environments.”
• Thermodependent bacterial pathogens and mass mortalities in temperate benthic communities: a new case of emerging disease linked to climate change (2007, background): “For example, the action of antifungal metabolites from the Carribean sea fan Gorgonia ventalina is significatively reduced at elevated temperatures, thus allowing a higher growth rate of the Aspergillus sydowii pathogen (Alker et al., 2001).”
• Dynamics of a temperature-related coral disease outbreak (2004, background): “…growth rates in 74 Jones et al.: Temperature-related coral disease outbreak Vibrio shiloi AK-1, the pathogen that causes bacterial bleaching in Oculina patagonica (Kushmaro et al. 1998), and Aspergillus sydowii, the fungal pathogen causing aspergillosis in gorgonians (Alker et al. 2001).”
• Disease and immunity in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate corals (2004, background): “…pathogens (Kushmaro et al. 1996, 1998, Toren et al. 1998, Alker et al. 2001, Banin et al. 2001a, Israely et al. 2001, Ben-Haim & Rosenberg 2002, Kuta & Richardson 2002, Ben-Haim et al. 2003b, Richardson & Kuta 2003) and reduces immune response in host corals (Toren et al. 1998, Alker et al. 2001).”
• Temperature affects coral disease resistance and pathogen growth (2007, methodology): “Fungal inhibition of crude extracts was tested with methods modified from Alker et al. (2001) and Dube et al. (2002).”
• 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).”
• Fifty years of marine mycology (2011, background): “Preliminary studies indicate that “so-called” terrestrial species may have evolved into marine forms and this aspect warrants continued study (Alker et al. 2001; Zuccaro et al. 2004).”
• The boring microflora in modern coral reef ecosystems: a review of its roles (2008, background): “2005), or are associated with coral diseases (Alker et al. 2001).”
• Ecological aspects of black band disease of corals: relationships between disease incidence and environmental factors (2002, background): “2002), aspergillosis (Alker et al. 2001), and plague type II 396”
• Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks (2007, background): “A positive effect of high temperature on the severity of coral disease outbreaks might be caused by physiological stress impairing host immunity [8,38,39].”
• Phylogenetic diversity of endophyte assemblages associated with the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Thailand (2010, background): “So- called terrestrial fungi may have evolved or adapted their mode of life to live and tolerate conditions in marine habitats (Wilson 1998; Alker et al. 2001; MorrisonGardiner 2002; Zuccaro et al. 2004).”
• Phylogenetic diversity of culturable fungi from the deep-sea sediments of the Central Indian Basin and their growth characteristics (2010, background): “It is possible that they are distinct physiologically as was reported for Aspergillus sydowii, the fungal pathogen of seafan (Alker et al., 2001).”
• Antimicrobial activities of extracts from tropical Atlantic marine plants against marine pathogens and saprophytes (2006, background): “(Andrews 1976), ‘Thalassia disease’ in Thalassia testudinum (Porter 1986), which are caused by Lindra thalassiae, and ‘aspergillosis’ in Caribbean sea fans, which is caused by Aspergillus sydowii (Alker et al. 2001).”
• Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys (2001, background): “ Alker et al. (2001) point out that, “In light of the possibility that the death of some of these corals resulted from subsequent infections (Harvell et al., 1999), a clear understanding of the factors mediating host pathogen interactions will be essential for better predicting the impacts of globa”
• ARE DISEASES INCREASING IN THE OCEAN (2004, background): “For example, the optimal temperature of a fungal pathogen is higher than the optimal temperature of its sea fan host, placing the sea fan at risk to climate warming ( Alker et al. 2001 ).”
• Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data (2007, background): “The virulence of A. sydowii increases with increasing water temperature (Alker et al., 2001), and long-term studies on populations of sea fans affected by aspergillosis have provided a good understanding of the epizootiology of a fungal disease and its effects on sea fan populations, both spatially…”