Culture and identification of Desulfovibrio spp. from corals infected by black band disease on Dominican and Florida Keys reefs

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Viehman, S ^a,b   Mills, D K ^a   Meichel, G W ^a   Richardson, L L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral disease; Desulfovibrio; Dominica; Florida Keys; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RNA;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.; DIPLORIA CLIVOSA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 33646259236     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao069119     Document Type: Article

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