Fig. 1: Coral species and experimental design.
From: Microbial dysbiosis reflects disease resistance in diverse coral species
a Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis, Orbicella franksi, Colpophyllia natans, Montastraea cavernosa, Porites astreoides, Porites porites, Siderastrea siderea. All photos by M. Brandt except M. cavernosa by T.B. Smith. Disease transmission experimental design for (b) control and (c) disease treatment. Note the healthy O. franksi in the center of the control and the white plague-infected O. franksi in the center of the disease treatment. There were five aquaria assigned as control treatments and five aquaria assigned as disease treatments. Every tank included one fragment from each of the seven coral species. When a coral colony was collected, it was split in two, with one fragment designated for control treatment and the other paired fragment going to a disease exposure treatment.
