Abundance, diversity, and activity of microbial assemblages associated with coral reef fish guts and feces

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Smriga, Steven ^a   Sandin, Stuart A ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene phylogeny; Bacteria abundance; Hydrolytic enzymes; Photobacterium; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CORAL REEF; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERCIFORM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS NIGRICANS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORURUS SORDIDUS; LUTJANUS BOHAR; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PONTICUS; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 77953211760     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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