Aurantimonas coralicida
| Aurantimonas coralicida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhizobiales |
| Family: | Aurantimonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aurantimonas |
| Species: | A. coralicida Denner et al. 2003 |
| Binomial name | |
| Aurantimonas coralicida | |
Aurantimonas coralicida is a species of bacteria, the type species of its genus. It cause white plague in Caribbean corals. It is Gram-negative and rod-shaped, with polar flagella, and adhere to form branching chains; its type strain being WP1T(=CIP 107386T =DSM 14790T).[1] It progressively destroys coral tissues and leaves an expanding area that appears bleached. It has been an epidemic in the Caribbean. An obligate aerobe, it obtains its nourishment chemoheterotrophically. It tests positive for oxidase and catalase, and contains carotenoid pigments, possibly to protect against solar radiation.
References
- ↑ Denner, E. B. M. (2003). "Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53 (4): 1115–1122. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02359-0. ISSN 1466-5026.
Further reading
- Yossi Loya; Rosenberg, Eugene (2004). Coral Health and Disease. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-20772-4.
- Polson, S. W., J. L. Higgins, and C. M. Woodley. "PCR-based assay for detection of four coral pathogens." Proc 11th Int Coral Reef Symp. Vol. 1. 2009.
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