A coral peptide has bactericidal activity against a global marine pathogen, Vibrio coralliilyticus
Kako Aoyama, Masahiko Okai, Nobuhiro Ogawa, Riko Fukumaru, Masami Ishida, Koji Inoue, Toshiyuki Takagi
This paper identifies digitiferin, an antimicrobial peptide from coral Acropora digitifera, which exhibits bactericidal activity against Vibrio coralliilyticus under low-salt conditions.
iScience · Aug 21, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology