Humpback whales harbour a combination of specific and variable skin bacteria

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-232

  Apprill, Amy ^a,b,d   Mooney, T Aran ^b,d   Lyman, Edward ^c   Stimpert, Alison K ^b   Rappé, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BACTEROIDETES PHYLUM; CETACEA; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; TENACIBACULUM;

EID: 79954588638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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