Diseases continue to be a major threat to coral reef health, but a new study by Florida researchers reveals how a common antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections in humans is showing great promise.
Joshua Voss PhD –FAU Harbor Branch, Coral Reef and Health Ecology Lab
A recent outbreak of an infectious disease called stony coral tissue loss has affected 20 different stony coral species. First discovered in 2014 in Miami-Dade County, the disease has spread throughout Florida’s Coral Reef and into parts of the Caribbean.
In treating disease-affected Montastraea cavernosa coral colonies (the Great Star Coral widely found in the Atlantic)...
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