Stramenopile microorganisms associated with the massive coral favia sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-244

  Siboni, Nachshon ^a   Rasoulouniriana, Diana ^a   Ben Dov, Eitan ^a,d   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^b   Sivan, Alex ^a   Loya, Yossi ^a   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^c   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral mucus; Coral protists; Holobiont; Thraustochytriidae

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

CLONE; EUKARYOTE; FATTY ACID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUKARYOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA; APLANOCHYTRIUM; COCCOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; FAVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; LABYRINTHULOIDES; PROTISTA; STRAMENOPILES; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE; THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM SP.;

EID: 77951559483     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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