Sponges and microbes - New frontiers in an ancient symbiosis

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-174

  Siegl, A ^a   Bayer, K ^a   Kozytska, S ^a   Hentschel, U ^a   Schmitt, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S RRNA; Metagenomics; Microbial consortia; Porifera; Sponge; Symbiosis; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENOMICS; LITERATURE REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA; SPONGE; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORIFERA;

EID: 58449094818     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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