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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Applied Microbiology, lead author James Cervino, a guest investigator in the WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, and colleagues reported that they have isolated the microbes that cause YBD: a group of four new species of vibrio, which combine with existing vibrio on the coral to attack the zooxanthellae.

The study led by James Cervino, a guest investigator in the WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry department, reported isolating the bacteria that cause YBD: a group of four new Vibrio species, which combine with existing Vibrio on the coral to attack the zooxanthellae.

He completed a National Institute of Health (NIH) fellowship in the laboratory of Alan Hofmann, and went on to serve as a guest investigator in the laboratory of the Noble laureate, Christian de Duve, at Rockefeller University.