Examining corals microbiom (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Examining corals microbiom

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution diver Laura Weber uses a syringe to collect tissue from a coral to examine its microbiome, or associated microbial community, in relation to the recent stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak

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