A new species of cyanobacterial symbiont from the marine sponge Chondrilla nucula

Symbiosis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Usher, Kayley M ^a   Toze, Simon ^b   Fromont, Jane ^c   Kuo, John ^a   Sutton, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphanocapsa; Cyanobacteria; Sponge; Symbiont; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; NEW SPECIES; SPONGE; SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APHANOCAPSA; CHONDRILLA AUSTRALIENSIS; CHONDRILLA NUCULA; CYANOBACTERIA; NUCULA; PETROSIA FICIFORMIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 2542470009     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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