Coral dying from heat stress revived in the ocean using live bacteria

Raquel Peixoto, a professor of marine science at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, is pictured at the Coral Probiotics Village at the Al Fahal Reef in the Red Sea. (Morgan Bennett-Smith via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Coral dying from heat stress has been revived in the ocean using live bacteria.

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(Photo by Francesco Ungaro via Pexels)

Coral dying from heat stress revived in the ocean using live bacteria

Erika Santoro, a postdoctoral fellow at the Marine Microbiomes Lab at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, descends into the Red Sea. (Morgan Bennett-Smith via SWNS)

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