Antimicrobial activity of a Red Sea soft coral, Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum: Reproductive and developmental considerations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 1998, Pages 87-95

  Kelman, Dovi ^a   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a   Loya, Yossi ^a   Kashman, Yoel ^a   Benayahu, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemical defense; Coral development; Marine bacteria; Octocorallia; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CORAL; LIFE HISTORY;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARERYTHROPODIUM; PARERYTHROPODIUM FULVUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0032490847     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps169087     Document Type: Article

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