Teplitski Max, Ritchie Kim
Department of Soil and Water Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2009 Jul;24(7):378-85. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.02.008. Epub 2009 May 4.
The worldwide decline of coral reefs necessitates the development of strategies aimed at controlling coral disease. As a result, various biological approaches are being considered as tools for coral disease management. For example, phage therapy has been shown to be effective in removing pathogens under laboratory conditions, showing promise for the treatment of specific pathogens; in addition, mutualistic bacteria compete with pathogens and produce antibiotics, properties that are both known to be important for biological control. Here we evaluate the probiotic potential of native mutualistic bacteria as a means of controlling coral diseases caused by opportunistic pathogens or their consortia. Monitoring native coral-associated microbiota for functions associated with resistance to pathogens could also serve as an additional indicator of reef health.
全球珊瑚礁的衰退使得制定旨在控制珊瑚疾病的策略成为必要。因此，各种生物学方法正被视为珊瑚疾病管理的工具。例如，噬菌体疗法已被证明在实验室条件下能有效去除病原体，显示出治疗特定病原体的潜力；此外，共生细菌与病原体竞争并产生抗生素，这两种特性都已知对生物控制很重要。在这里，我们评估本地共生细菌作为控制由机会性病原体或其菌群引起的珊瑚疾病的手段的益生菌潜力。监测与本地珊瑚相关的微生物群中与抗病原体相关的功能，也可以作为珊瑚礁健康的额外指标。
