Antibacterial activity of the sponge Suberites domuncula and its primmorphs: Potential basis for epibacterial chemical defense

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Thakur, Narsinh L ^a,b   Hentschel, Ute ^c   Krasko, Anatoli ^a   Pabel, Christian T ^c   Anil, Arga C ^b   Müller, Werner E G ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Chemical defense; Perforin like protein; Primmorphs; Sponges

Indexed keywords

IDIOMARINA; PORIFERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA;

EID: 20244389517     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame031077     Document Type: Article

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