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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2755-2757, Vol. 73, No. 8
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02738-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Increased Prevalence of Ubiquitous Ascomycetes in an Acropoid Coral (Acropora formosa) Exhibiting Symptoms of Brown Band Syndrome and Skeletal Eroding Band Disease{triangledown}

Oded Yarden,1* Tracy D. Ainsworth,2,3 George Roff,2,3 William Leggat,2,3 Maoz Fine,4 and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg2,3

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel,1 Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Australia,2 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies,3 Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat, P.O.B. 469, Eilat 88103, Israel4

Received 23 November 2006/ Accepted 7 February 2007

The prevalence of coral-associated fungi was four times higher in diseased Acropora formosa colonies than in healthy colonies. Since taxonomically related fungal species were isolated from diseased and healthy colonies, we suggest that their association with coral may be constitutive but that their abundance is dependent on coral health.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Phone: 972-8-9489298. Fax: 972-8-9468785. E-mail: Oded.yarden{at}huji.ac.il

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 February 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2007, p. 2755-2757, Vol. 73, No. 8
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.02738-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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