[Acropora cervicornis transcriptomes: nutrient- and disease-exposed] - Acropora cervicornis transcriptomes: nutrient- and disease-exposed from samples collected at Mote Marine Laboratory in situ nursery from June to July 2022 (Collaborative Research: Tracking the interacting roles of the environment, host genotype, and a novel Rickettsiales in coral disease susceptibility)

However, in a study with ramets from genotypes exhibiting each microbiome profile, we found that the strongest predictor of disease development was prior exposure to increased thermal stress that occurred independent of the study on Florida's reef during the experiment.

While no ramets of the coral genotype with a diverse microbiome developed disease after exposure to nutrient enrichment, seven ramets of this genotype developed disease after exposure to elevated temperatures and subsequent disease challenge. Two ramets exposed to elevated temperatures and not exposed to disease also died, suggesting that temperature alone could have been fatal to this genotype. An equal number of ramets exposed to elevated nutrients and elevated temperatures developed disease in the genotype dominated by Aquarickettsia.