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Interactions between the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and Serratia marcescens, an opportunistic pathogen of corals.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Jun 2014
Krediet Cory J, Meyer Julie L, Gimbrone Nicholas, Yanong Roy, Berzins Ilze, Alagely Ali, Castro Herman, Ritchie Kim B, Paul Valerie J, Teplitski Max
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Coral reefs are under increasing stress caused by global and local environmental changes, which are thought to increase the susceptibility of corals to opportunistic pathogens. In the absence of an easily culturable model animal, the understanding of the mechanisms of disease progression in corals remains fairly limited. In the present study, we tested the susceptibility of the tropical sea anemone Aiptasia...
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