Spatial heterogeneity of bacterial communities in the mucus of Montastraea annularis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 426, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-40

  Daniels, Camille A ^a   Zeifman, Amy ^a   Heym, Kathy ^b,e   Ritchie, Kim B ^c   Watson, Craig A ^b   Berzins, Ilze ^d,f   Breitbart, Mya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Florida Aquarium   (United States)

^e SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^f John G Shedd Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

ARISA; Bacteria; Community profiling; Coral; Spatial heterogeneity; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COLONY; CORAL; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; VIBRIO;

EID: 79953226663     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09024     Document Type: Article

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