Changes in sulfate-reducing bacterial populations during the onset of black band disease

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Bourne, David G ^a   Muirhead, Andrew ^a   Sato, Yui ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

black band disease; coral disease; dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene (dsrA); quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MONTIPORA;

EID: 79951814095     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.143     Document Type: Article

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