Eugene Rosenberg

..Factors which regulate the abundance and diversity of coral mucus bacteria are discussed...

..The Coral Probiotic Hypothesis may help explain the evolutionary success of corals and moderate the predictions of their demise...

..Accordingly, the hologenome theory incorporates Lamarckian aspects within a Darwinian framework, accentuating both cooperation and competition within the holobiont and with other holobionts...

..The fireworm Hermodice carunculata is a winter reservoir and spring/summer vector for V. shiloi. The generality of the bacterial hypothesis of coral bleaching is discussed...

..Here, we discuss the evidence for an alternative but not mutually exclusive concept, the microbial hypothesis of coral bleaching...

..Generalization of the coral probiotic hypothesis has led us to propose the hologenome theory of evolution...

..In general, application of this concept in bioremediation of contaminated water has the potential to increase the efficiency of processes...

..The potential application of these principles can be seen in the growing fields of prebiotics and probiotics...

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..This is the first structure-function study of a protein bioemulsifer...

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..These data support the hypothesis that SOD protects the intracellular V. shiloi from oxidative stress caused by the high concentration of oxygen produced by intracellular zooxanthellae photosynthesis...

..5% identity). Of these, 295 were novel (< 99% identical to any sequences in the GenBank database). This study provides a comprehensive database for future examinations of changes in the bacterial community during bleaching events...

..damicornis results from an attack on the algae, whereas bacterium-induced lysis and death are promoted by bacterial extracellular proteases. The data presented here support the bacterial hypothesis of coral bleaching...

..The production of a recombinant surface-active protein (emulsification and solubilization of hydrocarbons in water) from a defined gene makes possible for the first time structure-function studies of a bioemulsan...

..This shift occurred following appearance of resistance in the coral Oculina patagonica to infection by V. shiloi. The relevance of these findings to the bleaching disease caused by V. shiloi is discussed...

..We suggest that D. melanogaster can be a useful model organism to study the activities of gut microbiota and their interaction with the immune system...

..The feasibility of this method is demonstrated by its use to identify a new microbial bioemulsifier - OprG - an outer membrane protein of the oil degrading Pseudomonas putida KT2440...

..5 +/- 0.5 x 10(4) per cm(2) of coral surface. Corals that were infected with the pathogen and treated with phage did not transmit the disease to healthy corals...

..Enrichment cultures grown on crude oil-uric acid media yielded mixed and pure cultures that degraded petroleum. In a simulated open system, uric acid bound to crude oil and was available for bacterial growth and petroleum biodegradation...

..Analytical data suggest that symbiotic bacteria can influence mating preference by changing the levels of cuticular hydrocarbon sex pheromones. The results are discussed within the framework of the hologenome theory of evolution...

..These surface-active materials increase the surface area of hydrophobic water-insoluble substrates and increase their bioavailability, thereby enhancing the growth of bacteria and the rate of bioremediation...

..shiloi were placed in aquaria containing O. patagonica, all of the corals showed small patches of bleached tissue in 7-10 days and total bleaching in 17 days. This is the first report of a reservoir and vector for a coral disease...

..CAA release was obtained from corals after removal of the mucus layer, and the mucus itself contained antibacterial activity...

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..Studying the interaction between chironomid egg masses, the bacteria inhabiting them, and V. cholerae could contribute to our understanding of the nature of the V. cholerae-egg mass interactions...