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dc.contributor.authorRavindran J.
dc.contributor.authorRaghukumar, C.
dc.contributor.authorManikandan, B.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-02T11:50:37Z
dc.date.available2016-12-02T11:50:37Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationDiseases of Coral. ed. by: Woodley, C.M.; Downs, C.A.; Bruckner, A.W.; Porter, J.W.; Galloway, S.B.Wiley; Hoboken; New Jersey; 2016; 391-395
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5052
dc.description.abstractPink-line syndrome (PLS) was first observed in 1996 affecting the scleractinian coral Porites lutea at Kavaratti of the Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea. The ability of the two fungi isolates and P. valderianum to cause PLS was tested by inoculating healthy coral polyps with pure cultures of the P. valderianum and fungi isolated from the diseased corals. The PLS pathogen P. valderianum was found as a dense cyanobacterial mat over the infected colonies with a hyaline nonsporulating fungus and the dark melanized Curvularia lunata fungus was frequently co-isolated from the PLS-affected tissue. The pathogenesis observed in Porites spp. affected by PLS with histological evaluations, particularly atrophy of the surface body wall epidermis and calicodermis, and the reduction in the number of zooxanthellae, indicate impairment to the corals critical physiological functions, in particular heterotrophy, autotrophy, and calcification
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dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.
dc.rightsCopyright [2016]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectAquatic communities::Habitat community studies
dc.subjectMicrobiology::General
dc.subjectAquatic communities::Coral reef
dc.titlePink-line syndrome
dc.typeBook chapter


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