Biophysical studies of a proline-rich peptide from the coral bleach pathogen vibrio shiloi

摘要

Coral reef comunities are an important part of the marine ecosystem.They are highly reproductive and apart from the tropical rain forest,there is not natural environment so rich in species diversity as the marine coral reef.During last two decades,there have been an increasing number of reports of disease of corals referred to as coral bleaching,which breaks the symbiotic association between the coral hosts and their photosynthetic micro algal endosymbionants known as zooxanthellae.