Bacterial communities of juvenile corals infected with different Symbiodinium (dinoflagellate) clades

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 389, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-59

  Littman, Raechel A ^a,b   Willis, Bette L ^b   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Holobiont; Symbiodinium, Bacteria; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM; VIBRIO;

EID: 70349534404     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08180     Document Type: Article

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