Kauaʻi record · KCA-MICRO-000110
Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
Sulfur-oxidizing bacterial assemblage
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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
- Sulfur-oxidizing bacterial assemblage
- Common names
- Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
- Record type
- community_or_group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Kauaʻi coral-disease/cave sulfur-cycle relevance
- 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
- BBD mats, cave biofilms and chemically stratified sediments
- Ecological role
- bacterium community / Sulfur bacteria with Kauaʻi-relevant ecological, disease, food-web, or biosecurity pathway.
- Food and resource needs
- BBD mats, cave biofilms and chemically stratified sediments
- Reproduction
- Not specified in Microorganisms v1.0.0
- Shelter
- BBD mats, cave biofilms and chemically stratified sediments
- Substrate
- BBD mats, cave biofilms and chemically stratified sediments
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Sulfur cycling and stress-pathway relevance
- 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
- Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria 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://www.usgs.gov/publications/first-record-black-band-disease-hawaiian-archipelago-response-outbreak-status;https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009254100002138
- First record of black band disease in the Hawaiian archipelago
- Geomicrobiology of carbonate-silicate microbialites from Hawaiian basaltic sea caves