Consistent bacterial community structure associated with the surface of the sponge Mycale adhaerens bowerbank

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 693-707

  Lee, On On ^a   Lau, Stanley C K ^a   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPONGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HONG KONG; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCALE ADHAERENS;

EID: 33845541034     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9077-1     Document Type: Article

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