Cyanotoxins are not implicated in the etiology of coral black band disease outbreaks on Pelorus Island, Great Barrier Reef

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Glas, Martin S ^a,b   Motti, Cherie A ^a   Negri, Andrew P ^a   Sato, Yui ^a,c   Froscio, Suzanne ^d   Humpage, Andrew R ^d   Krock, Bernd ^b   Cembella, Allan ^b   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral disease; Cultivation; Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxin; Microcystin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; RNA 16S;

BIOMASS; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE SPREAD; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LESION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL MAT; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROCYSTINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANTHOZOA; BLENNOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA;

EID: 77953211188     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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