Two functionally distinct ciliates dwelling in acropora corals in the south china sea near sanya, hainan province, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5639-5643

  Qiu, Dajun ^a,b   Huang, Liangmin ^a,b   Huang, Hui ^a,b   Yang, Jianhui ^a,b   Lin, Senjie ^a,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; HAINAN PROVINCE; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

COMPETITION;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; CORAL; DETRITIVORY; DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CHINA; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANYA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; PARANOPHRYS MAGNA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 77955972760     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03009-09     Document Type: Article

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