HBMMD: An enhanced database of the microorganisms associated with deeper water marine invertebrates

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Gunasekera, Aravinda S ^a,b   Sfanos, Karen S ^a   Harmody, Dedra K ^a   Pomponi, Shirley A ^a   McCarthy, Peter J ^a   Lopez, Jose V ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MARINE ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORTS AND HARBORS;

HARBOR BRANCH MARINE MICROBIAL DATABASE (HBMMD); MARINE INVERTEBRATES; MICROBES; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

CORAL REEF; DATA BASE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHORT SURVEY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FLORIDA; INTERNET; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 12144267044     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1763-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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