microbiome from coral tissue Metagenome

A devastating novel coral disease outbreak, referred to as Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), was first described in 2014. It is thought to have originated offshore of Miami-Dade County, FL, but has persisted and spread affecting new reefs along the Florida Reef Tract and reefs of at least 8 other Caribbean countries. We investigated the microbial communities of clinically normal and diseased specimens of five species of affected corals using targeted 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing (Illumina MiSeq).