Greta S. Aeby

TL;DR: This study is the first to demonstrate that similar disease signs on one coral species (aMWS on M. capitata) can be caused by multiple pathogens, and describes the first Pseudoalteromonas species that infects coral.

TL;DR: Higher abundance of the red morph in the field suggests that disease resistance is a more successful strategy in the absence of thermal stress events, and trade-offs in response to stressors highlight the need to consider local and global threats to coral reefs.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that IGMS are a parasitic cellular lineage resulting from the chimeric fusion between M. capitata and M. flabellata larvae followed by morphological reabsorption of M.FlabellATA and subsequent formation of cell-lineage parasites.

TL;DR: Both outbreaks occurred during the colder, rainy winter months, and thus it is likely that some parameter(s) associated with winter environmental conditions are linked to the emergence of disease outbreaks on these reefs.

TL;DR: The results from this study demonstrate that the specificity of coral-bacterial associations extends beyond the level of coral species, and culture-dependent methods captured bacterial diversity that was representative of both rare and abundant members of the associated bacterial community, as characterized by culture-independent methods.