| 1. | White pox appears as blotches all over the coral, from base to tip.
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| 2. | White pox disease has struck only elkhorn coral so far, something Porter found surprising.
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| 3. | White pox often is confused with coral bleaching, a different cause of coral death.
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| 4. | Diseases that affect elkhorn coral include white pox disease, white band disease, and black band disease.
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| 5. | In the Caribbean, white pox has over 10 years wiped out many colonies of elkhorn coral.
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| 6. | White pox disease, which only affects elkhorn coral, is caused by a fecal enterobacterium, " Serratia marcescens ".
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| 7. | In elkhorn coral, " S . marcescens " is the cause of the disease known as white pox disease.
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| 8. | White pox looks somewhat like an attack by the coral-eating snail, or Coralliophyla, a natural predator of elkhorn coral.
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| 9. | Porter said the white pox disease is extremely contagious among coral, spreading from reef to reef, once it is established.
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| 10. | Founder Craig Quirolo says coral stands off the Keys, decimated by the disease White Pox that he discovered, are coming back.
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