The red alga Bonnemaisonia asparagoides regulates epiphytic bacterial abundance and community composition by chemical defence

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-93

  Nylund, Göran M ^a   Persson, Frank ^a   Lindegarth, Mats ^a   Cervin, Gunnar ^a   Hermansson, Malte ^a   Pavia, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacterial community analysis; Bonnemaisonia asparagoides; Chemical defence; Epibiotic bacteria; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RED ALGA; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BONNEMAISONIA ASPARAGOIDES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MACROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALGAE, RED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BONNEMAISONIA ASPARAGOIDES; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 71549140118     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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