Cause of sea fan death in the West Indies

被引：166

作者：

Geiser, DM

Taylor, JW

Ritchie, KB

Smith, GW

机构：

[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA

[2] Univ S Carolina, Dept Biol, Aiken, SC 29801 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1998年 / 394卷 / 6689期

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D O I：

10.1038/28079

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A fungus from the genus Aspergillus is the probable agent of epizootic infections that have caused mass mortality of sea fan corals (Gorgonia ventalina) over the past 15 years1,2. Here we show that four strains of the fungus involved in these infections are members of the species Aspergillus sydowii, a common saprobe (an organism that lives on decaying matter) that is found in both terrestrial and marine environments. Isolates of A. sydowii taken from diseased sea fans caused new infections of sea fans in inoculation experiments, whereas isolates taken from elsewhere did not.

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页码：137 / 138

页数：2