Utilization of mucus from the coral Acropora palmata by the pathogen Serratia marcescens and by environmental and coral commensal bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3851-3858

  Krediet, Cory J ^a,e   Ritchie, Kim B ^b,e   Cohen, Matthew ^a   Lipp, Erin K ^c   Sutherland, Kathryn Patterson ^d   Teplitski, Max ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; COCULTURE; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLYCOSIDASE; HALOMONAS; IN-VITRO; MICROBIOTA; MUCOSAL SURFACE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION NUMBERS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURFACE LAYERS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BODY FLUIDS; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRAIN;

PATHOGENS;

GLYCOSIDASE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COMMENSAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HOMINID; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUCUS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HALOMONAS; HUMANS; MUCUS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; HALOMONAS MERIDIANA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA; PHOTOBACTERIUM MANDAPAMENSIS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 67149088391     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00457-09     Document Type: Article

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