Table 1 Dominant bacterial isolates identified from healthy and diseased coral colonies across the two selected reef sites, along with the physicochemical characteristics of seawater at the sampling locations.
Coral species | Health status | Location | Dominant bacteria | Temperature | pH | Salinity (PSU) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Favia lacuna | Healthy | El-Shamaly reef | Bacillus subtilis | 17.7 ± 0.081 | 8.18 ± 0.021 | 37.1 ± 0.22 |
Healthy | El-Shabrour reef | Bacillus amyloliqufaciens | 17.9 ± 0.047 | 8.29 ± 0.075 | 37.6 ± 0.16 | |
Diseased | El-Shamaly reef | Vibrio pelagius | 17.7 ± 0.12 | 8.18 ± 0.025 | 37.1 ± 0.19 | |
Diseased | El-Shabrour reef | Vibrio pelagius | 17.9 ± 0.15 | 8.29 ± 0.022 | 37.6 ± 0.14 | |
Acropora humilis | Diseased | El-Shamaly reef | Vibrio fortis | 16.84 ± 0.066 | 8.33 ± 0.024 | 37.15 ± 0.23 |
Diseased | El-Shabrour reef | Vibrio fortis | 16.88 ± 0.099 | 8.03 ± 0.022 | 36.9 ± 0.11 | |
Healthy | El-Shamaly reef | Cytobacillus firmus | 16.84 ± 0.12 | 8.33 ± 0.026 | 37.15 ± 0.31 | |
Healthy | El-Shabrour reef | Bacillus sporothermodurans | 16.88 ± 0.15 | 8.03 ± 0.032 | 36.9 ± 0.27 |
