A new Thraustochytrid, strain Fng1, isolated from the surface mucus of the hermatypic coral Fungia granulosa

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-387

  Harel, Moshe ^a   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a,b   Rasoulouniriana, Diana ^a   Siboni, Nachshon ^a   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^c   Loya, Yossi ^c   Barak, Ze'Ev ^a   Wiesman, Zeev ^a   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral eukaryotic association; Fungia granulosa; Labyrinthulida; PUFA; Stramenopiles; Thraustochytridae

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CORAL; FATTY ACID; HETEROTROPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCUS; PROTIST;

ARTICLE; CORAL; HETEROTROPH; INOCULATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORDO; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; THRAUSTOCHYTRIDAE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FAVIA; FUNGIA GRANULOSA; LABYRINTHULIDA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 43149119507     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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