Influence of species specificity and other factors on bacteria associated with the Coral Stylophora pistillata in Taiwan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7797-7806

  Hong, Mei Jhu ^a   Yu, Yi Ting ^a   Chen, Chaolun A ^a   Chiang, Pei Wen ^a   Tang, Sen Lin ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CARIBBEAN SEA; CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CORAL COLONIES; DATA SETS; KENTING; NON-PARAMETRIC; PISTILLATA; POPULATION STRUCTURES; RIBOSOMAL GENES; SCALING ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RNA;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST SPECIFICITY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TAIWAN;

KENTING; TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 73249122125     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01418-09     Document Type: Article

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