[Coral-List] report on treatment that stops SCTLD disease in Pillar Coral

[Douglas Fenner]

    I believe there are now three papers out documenting the application of
antibiotics to corals out on the reefs.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86926-4

https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2192&context=occ_facarticles/

https://peerj.com/articles/9289/?fbclid=IwAR0yErPuEXoL2nXhO2MWTRNeYrYh0QKJRNiCiEY_3-Mfxk1IjLIjw9IjCnw

Another possible strategy which wouldn't involve putting antibiotics in the
environment would be to put antiseptics in the paste.  As far as I know,
bacteria don't develop resistance to antiseptics.

The problem of rapid evolution of resistance to antibiotics and
insecticides was covered in the following paper:

Humans are the world's greatest evolutionary force

http://www.references.260mb.com/Evolucion/Palumbi2001.pdf?i=1

I also understand that there are some corals in Florida that didn't respond
to the antibiotic treatment.

Cheers, Doug


On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 3:12 AM KEVEN REED <reedkc at comcast.net> wrote:

> Dear Doug & Coral-listers,
>
> Since widespread use or overuse of antibiotics has led to bacterial
> resistance (mutation) in human hosts, I wonder if NOAA's team working in
> this arena intends for the purposeful use of anti-bacterial agents to be
> deployed more in the aquarium setting (rescued coral colonies "hospital
> rehabilitation") or broadly on our stony coral reefs?
>
> I saw that Cheryl Woodley was listed as POC on your link and hope she or
> others in her coral pathogens research group, or perhaps some of the
> speakers from the veterinarian sponsored (Davis-Thompson DVM Foundation)
> Coral Diseases virtual conference from February of this year, as well as
> the many other Zoom meetings we've all been attending, might inform all
> coral-listers about the considerations brain-stormed before applying
> anti-bacterial medicines broadly in the near shore marine environment.
>
> Respectfully,
> Keven
>
> Keven Reed, O.D.
> mobile: 904-505-7277
> Fleming Island, FL 32003
>
> > On 10/26/2021 7:02 PM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just spotted this:
> >
> > Researchers stop tissue loss disease in rescued Pillar Coral
> >
> > The page includes a short video, text (which is so light it was hard for
> me
> > to read), and a link to the report which can be downloaded
> >
> >
> https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/researchers-stop-tissue-loss-disease-in-rescued-pillar-coral-video/
> >
> > Hint: they used antibiotics
> > Cheers, Doug
> >
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