Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on September 23, 2021. These corals were not treated with the new probiotic technique, but are an example of what ...

Their findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, reveal that applying the probiotic treatment across entire coral colonies helped prevent tissue loss. They say the new treatment ...

Scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in already infected ...