Diversity of intratunical bacteria in the tunic matrix of the colonial ascidian Diplosoma migrans

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-140

  Schuett, Christian ^a   Doepke, Hilke ^a   Groepler, Wolfgang ^b   Wichels, Antje ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Padagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascidians; DGGE; Didemnidae; Diplosoma migrans; Diversity; Intratunical bacteria; PCR; Sequencing; Tunic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; WORLD;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DIDEMNIDAE; DIPLOSOMA (TUNICATE); FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS;

EID: 21244437519     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0212-4     Document Type: Article

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