Phylogenetic characterization of culturable bacterial diversity associated with the mucus and tissue of the coral Acropora digitifera from the Gulf of Mannar

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 384-394

  Nithyanand, Paramasivam ^a   Pandian, Shunmugiah Karutha ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acropora digitifera; Actinomycetes; Antibacterial activity; Coral associated bacteria; Gulf of Mannar

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CORAL; DNA; HARBOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MUCUS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RNA; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GULF STREAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

GULF OF MANNAR; INDIAN OCEAN;

ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 68249104242     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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