Phylogenetic characterization and in situ detection of bacterial communities associated with seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus) in captivity

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Balcázar, José L ^a   Lee, Natuschka M ^b   Pintado, José ^a   Planas, Miquel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community structure; Captivity conditions; Clone libraries; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Seahorses

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AQUACULTURE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE LIBRARY; HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS; MARINE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RNA ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIBRIONACEAE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ARTEMIA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS; RHODOBACTERACEAE; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 77950368737     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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