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I think that's great research but it doesn't say much about practical use. The microbes are within the coral, like zooxanthellae (that are good dinoflagellates). The UV only catches the free floating organisms that are mobile in the dark.
This is why they kill harmful dinos while leaving the zooxanthellae inside coral tissue unharmed. The same goes for free floating microbes vs. those harbored in coral tissue.
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