Microbes enriched in seawater after addition of coral mucus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3274-3278

  Allers, Elke ^a   Niesner, Christina ^a   Wild, Christian ^a,b   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CELL GROWTH; FUNGI; SEAWATER;

CORAL MUCUS; CORAL REEFS; FOOD WEBS; INCUBATIONS;

BACTERIA;

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEA WATER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

COASTAL WATER; CORAL; FOOD WEB; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION; MUCUS; SEAWATER;

ALTEROMONADACEAE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; FOOD WEB; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION TIME; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; VIBRIONACEAE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA COAST;

ALTEROMONADACEAE; ALTEROMONAS MACLEODII; ANTHOZOA; FUNGIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIONACEAE;

ALTEROMONADACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 44249121285     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01870-07     Document Type: Article

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