Marine biologists found the feces of fish that were long thought to promote healthy reefs can damage and, in some cases, kill corals in controlled experiments, possibly due to high levels of coral pathogens. Conversely, the feces of coral predators were found to contain high levels of beneficial bacteria and could act like a ‘coral probiotic,’ the researchers say.
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Source: ScienceDaily