Marine diseases are becoming more frequent, and tools for identifying pathogens and disease
reservoirs are needed to help prevent and mitigate epizootics. Meta-transcriptomics
provides insights into disease etiology by cataloguing and comparing sequences from suspected
pathogens. This method is a powerful approach to simultaneously evaluate both the
viral and bacterial...
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. Rosales, RebeccaVegaThurber
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Marine diseases are becoming more frequent, and tools for identifying pathogens and disease
reservoirs are needed to help prevent and mitigate epizootics. Meta-transcriptomics
provides insights into disease etiology by cataloguing and comparing sequences from suspected
pathogens. This method is a powerful approach to simultaneously evaluate both the
viral and bacterial...
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Microbiome and
Virome in a Stranding Event
Stephanie M. Rosales*, RebeccaVegaThurber
Oregon State
Marine sponges are vital components of benthic and coral reef ecosystems, providing
shelter and nutrition for many organisms. In addition, sponges act as an essential carbon
and nutrient link between the pelagic and benthic environment by filtering large quantities
of seawater. Many sponge species harbor a diverse microbial community (including...
Marine sponges are vital components of benthic and coral reef ecosystems, providing
shelter and nutrition for many organisms. In addition, sponges act as an essential carbon
and nutrient link between the pelagic and benthic environment by filtering large quantities
of seawater. Many sponge species harbor a diverse microbial community (including...
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maintenance.
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Marie L. Cuvelier, Emily Blake, RebeccaL. VegaThurber, Peter
Losses of corals worldwide emphasize the need to understand what drives reef decline. Stressors such as overfishing and nutrient pollution may reduce resilience of coral reefs by increasing coral–algal competition and reducing coral recruitment, growth and survivorship. Such effects may themselves develop via several mechanisms, including disruption of coral microbiomes....
Linking marine epizootics to a specific aetiology is notoriously difficult. Recent diagnostic successes show that marine disease diagnosis requires both modern, cutting-edge technology (e.g. metagenomics, quantitative realtime PCR) and more classic methods (e.g. transect surveys, histopathology and cell culture). Here, we discuss how this combination of traditional and modern approaches...
Previous studies of coral viruses have employed either microscopy or metagenomics, but few have attempted to comprehensively link the presence of a virus-like particle (VLP) to a genomic sequence. We conducted transmission electron microscopy imaging and virome analysis in tandem to characterize the most conspicuous viral types found within the...
Coral reefs are in decline worldwide, and land-derived sources of pollution, including sewage, are a major force driving that deterioration. This review presents evidence that sewage discharge occurs in waters surrounding at least 104 of 112 reef geographies. Studies often refer to sewage as a single stressor. However, we show...
29 Dec 2015: Rosales SM, Vega Thurber R (2015) Correction: Brain Meta-Transcriptomics from Harbor Seals to Infer the Role of the Microbiome and Virome in a Stranding Event. PLOS ONE 10(12): e0146208. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146208