Vibrio harveyi as a causative agent of the White Syndrome in tropical stony corals

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-127

  Luna, Gian Marco ^a   Bongiorni, Lucia ^a   Gili, Claudia ^b   Biavasco, Francesca ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Acquario di Genova   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SCLERACTINIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 77957285197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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