Hey guys I have a question about Ciliates and was wondering if antibiotics kill them???
There is a large speculation that many corals can be infected by different types of Ciliates and that is actually one of the biggest reasons corals can become infected and die from BJD, STN, RTN and other things. There are many different types of pathogens that can make our reefing experience difficult but I don't know too much about Ciliates. I know that there has been evidence that they can eat away and burrow into corals and eat them from the inside out, Ive personally experienced where corals have become infected with something and have died. The heads melt right off the skeleton and wonder if this is what caused it. I know that if I really wanted to diagnose something I need to get a microscope, but if I did think that a coral was dying from a Ciliate infection would an antibiotic effectively kill a Ciliate??? I know that antibiotics work in ways that some are bacterial static and they attach to the chromosomes of the bacterial and prevent them from reproducing (Chloramphenicol) and some are bactericidal where they just kill the bacteria by braking down there cell walls. Does this work the same way with Ciliates which are advanced protozoans????
Microbiology is fun
There is a large speculation that many corals can be infected by different types of Ciliates and that is actually one of the biggest reasons corals can become infected and die from BJD, STN, RTN and other things. There are many different types of pathogens that can make our reefing experience difficult but I don't know too much about Ciliates. I know that there has been evidence that they can eat away and burrow into corals and eat them from the inside out, Ive personally experienced where corals have become infected with something and have died. The heads melt right off the skeleton and wonder if this is what caused it. I know that if I really wanted to diagnose something I need to get a microscope, but if I did think that a coral was dying from a Ciliate infection would an antibiotic effectively kill a Ciliate??? I know that antibiotics work in ways that some are bacterial static and they attach to the chromosomes of the bacterial and prevent them from reproducing (Chloramphenicol) and some are bactericidal where they just kill the bacteria by braking down there cell walls. Does this work the same way with Ciliates which are advanced protozoans????
Microbiology is fun