Kauaʻi record · KCA-MICRO-000063
Black band disease consortium
Black band disease microbial consortium
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Kauaʻi evidence
Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Black band disease microbial consortium
- Common names
- Black band disease consortium
- Record type
- community_or_group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi reefs
- Origin
- Native/introduced status varies by member
- Conservation status
- High
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- Claims remain limited to cited evidence; direct Kauaʻi occurrence is not inferred from statewide relevance unless explicitly stated.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coral lesion boundary mats, especially affected Montipora where documented
- Ecological role
- microbial consortium / Cyanobacteria + sulfur-cycling bacteria with Kauaʻi-relevant ecological, disease, food-web, or biosecurity pathway.
- Food and resource needs
- Coral lesion boundary mats, especially affected Montipora where documented
- Reproduction
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Shelter
- Coral lesion boundary mats, especially affected Montipora where documented
- Substrate
- Coral lesion boundary mats, especially affected Montipora where documented
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Coral tissue loss and reef-disease management concern
- Conservation actions
- High
- Monitoring
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
- Data gaps
- Kauaʻi-specific abundance, seasonal dynamics, host specificity, strain identity, micro-site behavior, and specialist-source assertions should be expanded as source material is contributed.
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Seasonal description
- Black band disease consortium is included because it is relevant to Kauaʻi conservation, agriculture, freshwater/reef function, disease ecology, biosecurity, or public environmental health.
Sources and further reading
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/reefresponse/kaua%CA%BBi-black-band-disease/;https://www.usgs.gov/publications/first-record-black-band-disease-hawaiian-archipelago-response-outbreak-status;https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00552/full
- Black Band Coral Disease on Kauaʻi
- First record of black band disease in the Hawaiian archipelago
- Physicochemical controls where black band disease occurs at North Shore reef sector, Kauaʻi