Spotting disease disrupts the microbiome of infected purple sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spotting disease infects a variety of sea urchin species across many different marine locations. The disease is characterized by discrete lesions on the body surface composed of discolored necrotic tissue that cause the loss of all surface appendages within the lesioned area. A similar, but separate disease of sea urchins called bald sea urchin disease (BSUD) has overlapping symptoms with spotting disease, resulting in confusions in distinguishing the two diseases. Previous studies have focus on identifying the underlying causative agent of spotting disease, which has resulted in the identification of a wide array of pathogenic bacteria that vary based on location and sea urchin species. Our aim was to investigate the spotting disease infection by characterizing the micr

SUBMITTER: Shaw CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature