Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals

B.M. Denner, Ewald; W. Smith, Garriet; Busse, Hans‐Jürgen; Schümann, Peter; Narzt, Thomas; W. Polson, Shawn; Lubitz, Werner; L. Richardson, Laurie

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02359-0

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Aurantimonas coralicida gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of white plague type II on Caribbean scleractinian corals

Published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY • Jul 1, 2003

Authors:

Ewald B.M. Denner

Garriet W. Smith

Hans‐Jürgen Busse

Abstract

A bacterium previously isolated from a diseased colony of the scleractinian coral Dichocoenia stokesi (common name elliptical star coral) was subjected to a detailed polyphasic taxonomic characterization. The isolate, designated WP1T, was halophilic and strictly aerobic and formed golden-orange-pigm...

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Biology

Alphaproteobacteria

Botany

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