TABLE 1.

Adhesion and penetration of V. shiloi onto and into O. patagonica^a

Time after infection (h)	% Adhesionb ± SE	% Penetrationc ±SE
4	36 ± 10	0.9 ± 0.5
8	83 ± 0	5.6 ± 2.0
12	77 ± 16	20.9 ± 8.5
24	86 ± 7	21.7 ± 7.6
48	100 ± 0	5.3 ± 4.3
72	100 ± 0	0.0 ± 0

^aAn overnight culture of V. shiloi was inoculated into 125-ml flasks containing healthy pieces of coral in 25 ml of sterile seawater. The flasks were incubated at 29°C with gentle shaking (80 rpm) with cycles alternating 12 h of light and 12 h of darkness. Data are averages from three experiments, each performed in duplicate with initial bacterial concentrations of ca. 4 × 10⁶ per ml. 

^bCalculated from CFU lost from the seawater. 

^cCalculated from the CFU in the crushed coral (compared to the inoculated bacteria) following treatment of the coral with methyl-β-d-galactopyranoside and gentamicin.