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white pox

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Noun1.white pox - a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the viruswhite pox - a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
smallpox, variola, variola major - a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars


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Patterson and Porter have discovered that white pox disease, which targets elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata), is caused by the fecal bacterium Serratia marcescens.
The isolates used were collected from Acropora palmata corals infected with white pox disease from the locations of the Florida Keys, Mexico, the U.
 
 
 
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