Microbial diversity associated with four functional groups of benthic reef algae and the reef-building coral Montastraea annularis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1192-1204

  Barott, Katie L ^a   Rodriguez Brito, Beltran ^a   Janouškovec, Jan ^b   Marhaver, Kristen L ^c   Smith, Jennifer E ^c   Keeling, Patrick ^b   Rohwer, Forest L ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARIBBEAN REGION; CORAL REEFS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; MICROALGAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 79954995813     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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