Microbial consortia of gorgonian corals from the Aleutian islands

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-120

  Gray, Michael A ^a   Stone, Robert P ^b   Mclaughlin, Molly R ^a   Kellogg, Christina A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cold water coral; Deep sea; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; PLUMARELLA; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 79952361126     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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