Isolation of new Symbiodinium strains from tridacnid giant clam (Tridacna crocea) and sea slug (Pteraeolidia ianthina) using culture medium containing giant clam tissue homogenate

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 378-385

  Ishikura, Masaharu ^a   Hagiwara, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Haga, Miyuki ^a   Iwai, Kenji ^b   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Yaeyama Br Okinawa Pref Govt Lab   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Yokosuka City Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Host tissue homogenate; Isolation; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; REEFS;

CORAL REEFS; PHOTOSYMBIOTIC INVERTEBRATES; SYMBIODINIUM STRAINS; TRIDACNID GIANT CLAM;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 18S;

CULTIVATION; DETECTION METHOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; LABORATORY METHOD; SYMBIOSIS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SNAIL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIVALVIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SYMBIODINIUM; TRIDACNA; TRIDACNA CROCEA;

EID: 11144236660     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-004-1800-7     Document Type: Article

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