A spongin-boring α-proteobacterium is the etiological agent of disease in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2002, Pages 305-309

  Webster, Nicole S ^a   Negri, Andrew P ^a   Webb, Richard I ^a   Hill, Russell T ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Disease; Pathogen; Sponge; Spongin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CORAL REEF; PATHOGEN; SPONGE;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE; UNCULTURED ALPHA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0037013001     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps232305     Document Type: Article

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