TABLE 3.

Digital PCR detection of vcpA in comparison to VcpA RapidTest results.

Coral ID	VcpA RapidTest result	copies of vcpA/ng DNA	Fragment size (cm2)	Tissue loss?	Bleaching?	Outcome	Days until outcome
McD-1	+	159	20	+	−	Complete mortality	12
McD-2	+	119	25	+	−	Complete mortality	19
McD-3	−	11	25	+	−	Disease stopped	5
McD-4	+	922	10	+	+	Complete mortality	8
McD-5	−	3	10	−	+	Disease stopped	3
McD-6	−	1	6	+	+	Disease stopped	9
McD-7	+	285	18	+	−	Complete mortality	1.5
McD-8	+	155	40	+	−	Complete mortality	3
McD-29	−	0	15	+	+	Slow progression	21*
McD-33	+	83	20	+	−	Complete mortality	11
McD-35	−	1	16	+	+	Slow progression	21*
McD-36	+	132	24	+	−	Complete mortality	21

^∗Disease lesion progressed over the 21-day monitoring period, but the coral did not completely die during this period.