title: Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of Brown Band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel. Oded.yarden@huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yarden
authors.forename: Tracy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Ainsworth
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roff
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Leggat
authors.forename: Maoz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hoegh-Guldberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S