Microbiomes of three coral species in the Mexican Caribbean and their shifts associated with the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.

ABSTRACT: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has caused widespread coral mortality in the Caribbean Region. However, how the disease presence alters the microbiome community, their structure, composition, and metabolic functionality is still poorly understood. In this study, we characterized the microbial communities of the tissues of apparently healthy and diseased SCTLD colonies of the species Siderastrea siderea, Orbicella faveolata, and Montastraea cavernosa to explore putative changes related to the presence of SCTLD. Gammaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, and Bacteroidia were the best represented classes in the healthy tissues of all coral species, and alpha diversity did not show significant differences among the species. The microbial community structure between coral species was sig

SUBMITTER: Arriaga-Pinon ZP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11346732 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature