Vibrios dominate as culturable nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the Brazilian coral Mussismilia hispida

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 312-319

  Chimetto, Luciane A ^a   Brocchi, Marcelo ^a   Thompson, Cristiane C ^b   Martins, Roberta C R ^c   Ramos, Heloiza R ^c   Thompson, Fabiano L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coral; Mussismilia hispida; N2 fixing bacteria; P. variabilis; Palythoa caribaeorum; V. alginolyticus; V. harveyi; Vibrios; Zoanthus solanderi

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DNA 16S; NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; CORAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; MUSSISIMILIA HISPIDA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PALYTHOA CARBAEORUM; PALYTHOA VARIABILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRH GENE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CAMPBELLII; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; ZOANTHUS SOLANDERI;

ACETYLENE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MUCUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; VIBRIO;

ANTHOZOA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MUSSISMILIA HISPIDA; PALYTHOA CARIBAEORUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CAMPBELLII; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; ZOANTHUS;

EID: 52149118023     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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