Chlorine and Cocoa Butter: A Formula for Treating Diseased Corals?
Treatment options for coral reefs stricken with tissue loss diseases often involve antibiotic treatments that can have an adverse impact on the surrounding environment and can lead to increased antibiotic resistance.
An international team of researchers have developed an alternative treatment in the form of a paste made from chlorine and cocoa butter. Their findings were recently published in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal.