Sulfide, microcystin, and the etiology of black band disease

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-90

  Richardson, Laurie L ^a   Miller, Aaron W ^a   Broderick, Emily ^a   Kaczmarsky, Longin ^a   Gantar, Miroslav ^a   Stanić, Dina ^a   Sekar, Raju ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral disease; Microcystin; Polymicrobial disease; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN LR; SULFIDE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYST; ETIOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITOR; INOCULATION; LYSIS; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; MICROCYSTINS; SULFIDES;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 70450186961     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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