Induction of larval attachment and metamorphosis in the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans by dissolved free amino acids: Mode of action in laboratory bioassays

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 190, Issue , 1999, Pages 167-178

  Beckmann, Manfred ^a,b   Harder, Tilman ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Antibiotics; Bacteria; Biofilm; Hydroides elegans; Metamorphosis; Polychaete; Settlement induction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOFILM GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROIDES ELEGANS; INOCULATION; LARVA; MORPHOGENESIS; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; INDUCED RESPONSE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; POLYCHAETE;

HYDROIDES ELEGANS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033554798     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps190167     Document Type: Article

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