Bacterial community profiling of the eastern oyster (crassostrea virginica): Comparison of culture-dependent and culture-independent outcomes

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-835

  La Valley, Kenneth J ^a   Jones, Steve ^a   Gomez Chiarri, Marta ^b   Dealteris, Joseph ^b   Rice, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community pro filing; Crassostrea virginica; Culture dependent; Culture independent; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Oyster

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 71649095892     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/035.028.0412     Document Type: Article

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