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Specific bacteria are important for the survival of coral reefs

Особые бактерии важны для выживания коралловых рифовCoral polyps create a whole ecosystem on the ocean floor.

Biologists who study sea organisms, argued that to survive in the current environmental conditions (global warming) and coral reefs requires the presence of special bacteria.

The results of their research are published in a scientific publications (Science).

Zoologists of the research Institute of Hawaii, said that for the good health of the corals need a special bacteria. The author of Ruth gates argues that for the life of these marine animals in different areas of the ocean need organisms that will not allow them to lose their color. And this is the most significant problem in the context of global climate warming.

She also said that coral polyps create an entire ecosystem on the ocean floor, and the deterioration of health of individual corals is a threat to the entire complex of microorganisms. Bacteria found to restore the immune system polyps and will preserve this oceanic fauna.

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