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What is killing the corals? Viral and bacterial interrogations using metagenomics and microscopy

Creator:

Soffer, Nitzan

Abstract:

Corals have multiple roles in maintaining ocean health and are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. The coral animal is host to a multitude of taxa, including symbiotic dinoflagellate algae, fungi, bacteria, protists, and viruses. Environmental stressors and disease agents can perturb the delicate balance of the coral host...

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Dissertation

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editing. Rebecca Vega Thurber was the PI on the grant supporting this research, and helped with
Bacteriophages Significantly Reduce Mortality of Larval Pacific Oysters Crassostrea gigas from Infection by the Pathogenic Bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus RE98

Creator:

Madison, David B.

Abstract:

Vibrio coralliilyticus (Vcor) is a bacterial pathogen that is well adapted to shellfish hatcheries and is very pathogenic to the larvae of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Vcor has been associated with several large scale larval mortality events in the Pacific Northwest that interrupt the supply of seed oysters available...

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Masters Thesis

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cocktail for these experiments. Dr. Vega Thurber invited me to attend her lab meetings while taking