Isolation, characterization and identification of bacteria associated with mucus of Acropora cervicornis coral from Bidong Island, Terengganu, Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Kalimutho, Murugan ^a   Ahmad, Aziz ^a   Kassim, Zaleha ^b  

^a Faculty of Science and Technology   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acropora cervicornis; Bidong Island; CMAB; Coral mucus; Sucrose sea water agar

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149160218     PISSN: 13943065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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