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

[William Precht]

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Neely KL, Shea CP, Macaulay KA, Hower EK and Dobler MA (2021) Short- and
Long-Term Effectiveness of Coral Disease Treatments. *Front. Mar.
Sci.* 8:675349.
doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.675349

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 9:25 AM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

>     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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Douglas Fenner
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> > > NOAA Fisheries Service
> > > Pacific Islands Regional Office
> > > Honolulu
> > > and:
> > > Coral Reef Consulting
> > > PO Box 997390
> > > Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA
> > > None of the world’s major economies, including those in the G20 group,
> > have
> > > a sufficient plan to meet their obligations under the Paris Agreement
> on
> > > climate change.
> > >
> > > Humans are driving one million species to extinction
> > > https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01448-4
> > >
> > > Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring down temperature
> > now.
> > >
> >
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html
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