Bacterial community structure associated with white band disease in the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata determined using culture-independent 16S rRNA techniques

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Pantos, Olga ^a   Bythell, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Microbial ecology; Molecular; WBD; White band disease

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; CORAL REEF; DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; OSTREIDAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33646227417     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao069079     Document Type: Article

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