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dc.contributor.authorRajasabapathy, R.
dc.contributor.authorRamasamy, K.P.
dc.contributor.authorManikandan, B.
dc.contributor.authorMohandass, C.
dc.contributor.authorJames, R.A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T10:13:21Z
dc.date.available2020-02-21
dc.date.available2021-02-09T10:13:21Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationFrontiers in Marine Science, vol.7; 2020; Article no: 92
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.00092/full
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00092
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8530
dc.descriptionIF2018 - 3.086
dc.description.abstractSkeletal growth anomalies (SGA) are easily recognizable disease in reef-forming corals which drain energy from the host and end up with mortality. We collected mucus samples of healthy and SGA affected colonies of Acropora cytherea from Palk Bay, the southeast coast of India and investigated the taxonomic composition of mucus-associated bacterial communities using full-length 16S rRNA gene nanopore sequencing. Metagenomic analysis revealed the dominance of Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, and Actinobacteria in both healthy and diseased samples. The proportion of Proteobacteria in diseased samples was almost doubled compared to the healthy one, whereas Acidobacteria (fourth dominant phyla in healthy sample) and Actinobacteria were significantly low in diseased samples. Planctomycetes, Cyanobacteria, and Chloroflexi were some of the other major phyla found in healthy samples which were low in diseased corals. Kruskal-Wallis test indicated high number of putative pathogenic bacteria group viz. Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Klebsiella, and Escherichia in diseased samples compared to healthy coral. The corals perhaps have acquired potential pathogens belong to the phylum Proteobacteria during SGA formation.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media S.A.
dc.relation.ispartofFront Mar Sci
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
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dc.titleBacterial Communities Associated With Healthy and Diseased (Skeletal Growth Anomaly) Reef Coral Acropora cytherea From Palk Bay, India
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorDepartment of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India


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