Evidence for vertical transmission of bacterial symbionts from adult to embryo in the Caribbean Sponge Svenzea zeai

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6147-6156

  Lee, On On ^a   Chiu, Pui Yi ^a   Wong, Yue Him ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^b   Qian, Pei Yuan ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOLOGY; RECOVERY; RNA; SEAWATER; TISSUE;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; COMPARISON OF SEQUENCES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUES; HORIZONTAL TRANSFER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WATER COLUMNS;

BACTERIA;

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEAWATER; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SVENZEA ZEAI; SYMBIONT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); SVENZEA;

EID: 70349414422     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00023-09     Document Type: Article

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