Bacterial growth on coral mucus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 481-488

  Sharon, Gil ^a   Rosenberg, Eugene ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORAL; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; VIBRIO;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 43349105641     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9100-5     Document Type: Article

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