Journal
ISME JOURNAL
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 752-755Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.18
Keywords
chemical ecology; Spongia obscura; Gorgonia ventalina
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- National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography Program [OCE-0095724, 0550468]
- US-Israel Binational Science Foundation [BSF 200-321]
- Israel Science Foundation
- Division Of Environmental Biology
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0964997] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
- Directorate For Geosciences [0550468] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The fungus Aspergillus sydowii is the causative agent of epidemics that affect gorgonian corals (sea fans) and has significantly affected their populations in the Caribbean Sea. We have isolated a strain of A. sydowii from healthy marine sponges (Spongia obscura) collected in Bahamian inshore waters. After its identification on the basis of morphology, molecular markers and chemical profiling followed by pathogenicity tests, we found this strain to be highly similar to a strain isolated from diseased coral, and have shown the capacity of this fungus to persist in sponge environment. Our findings suggest that sponges have the possibility of being reservoirs of a potential marine pathogen. The ISME Journal (2009) 3, 752-755; doi: 10.1038/ismej.2009.18; published online 12 March 2009
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