Virulence as a Side Effect of Interspecies Interaction in Vibrio Coral Pathogens.

ABSTRACT: The increase in prevalence and severity of coral disease outbreaks produced by Vibrio pathogens, and related to global warming, has seriously impacted reef-building corals throughout the oceans. The coral Oculina patagonica has been used as a model system to study coral bleaching produced by Vibrio infection. Previous data demonstrated that when two coral pathogens (Vibrio coralliilyticus and Vibrio mediterranei) simultaneously infected the coral O. patagonica, their pathogenicity was greater than when each bacterium was infected separately. Here, to understand the mechanisms underlying this synergistic effect, transcriptomic analyses of monocultures and cocultures as well as experimental infection experiments were performed. Our results revealed t

SUBMITTER: Rubio-Portillo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7374056 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature