Coral mucus-associated bacteria: A possible first line of defense

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-380

  Shnit Orland, Maya ^a   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Corals; Mucus associated bacteria; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CORAL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROORGANISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANOMICROBIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PLANOMICROBIUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SCLERACTINIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 59249085106     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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