Molecular identification of a bacterium associated with gall formation in the marine red alga Prionitis lanceolata

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-297

  Ashen, Jon B ^a   Goff, Lynda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

algal galls; alpha Proteobacteria; endosymbiosis; in situ hybridization; intercellular bacteria; Prionitis lanceolata; Rhodophyta; ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GIGARTINALES; LANCEOLATA; PRIONITIS LANCEOLATA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOPHYTA; ROSEOBACTER; ROSEOBACTER DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0029764168     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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