Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Ainsworth, T D ^a   Fine, M ^a,b   Roff, G ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coral bleaching; Oculina patagonica; Vibrio shiloi

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; OCULINA PATAGONICA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SHILONII;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; ISRAEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO;

EID: 41149163356     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.88     Document Type: Article

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