Coral pathogens identified for White Syndrome (WS) epizootics in the Indo-Pacific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Sussman, Meir ^a,b   Willis, Bette L ^a   Victor, Steven ^c   Bourne, David G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c Palau International Coral Reef Center   (Palau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; RNA 16S; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALAU; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; TISSUE INJURY; VIBRIONACEAE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SCLERACTINIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 49149103522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002393     Document Type: Article

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