Novel diversity of bacterial communities associated with bottlenose dolphin upper respiratory tracts

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Johnson, Wesley R ^a,b   Torralba, Manolito ^c   Fair, Patricia A ^d   Bossart, Gregory D ^e   Nelson, Karen E ^c   Morris, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^e GEORGIA AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARDIOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLUVIICOLA; MAMMALIA; PSYCHROBACTER; SUTTONELLA; TENACIBACULUM; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 78649726417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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