Florida laboratory tests exposed endangered Caribbean corals to predatory bacteria; more than half showed no bleaching beyond the infection site

• Representative Image (AI-generated)Coral reefs are often called the rainforests of the sea, but across the Caribbean, many of them are struggling to survive.
• Along with warming oceans and habitat loss, bacterial diseases have become a growing threat, capable of wiping out large sections of coral in a short time.
• Now, researchers in Florida have tested an unusual way to fight back, not with antibiotics, but with bacteria that naturally prey on other bacteria.