Metamorphosis of a Scleractinian Coral in Response to Microbial Biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1213-1221

  Webster, Nicole S ^a   Smith, Luke D ^a   Heyward, Andrew J ^a   Watts, Joy E M ^c   Webb, Richard I ^b   Blackall, Linda L ^b   Negri, Andrew P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEFS; METAMORPHOSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOPHAGA; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 2342523934     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1213-1221.2004     Document Type: Article

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