Microbial symbionts of Great Barrier Reef sponges

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 63-75

  Burja, Adam M ^a   Webster, Nicole S ^b   Murphy, Peter T ^a   Hill, Russell T ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Demospongiae; Dictyoceratida; Microalgae; Porifera; Rhopaloeides odorabile; Sponge; Symbiont; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC STRAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL SYMBIOSIS; PLASTID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPONGE; SYMBIOSIS;

CORAL REEF; MICROORGANISM; SPONGE; SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALIA;

DICTYOCERATIDA; PORIFERA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033505092     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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