Culture independent characterization of bacteria associated with the mucus of the coral Acropora digitifera from the Gulf of Mannar

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1399-1406

  Nithyanand, Paramasivam ^a   Indhumathi, Thiruvalluvan ^a   Ravi, Arumugam Veera ^a   Pandian, Shunmugiah Karutha ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene clone library; Acropora digitifera; Gulf of Mannar; Mucus

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ACROPORA; ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CLONE LIBRARY; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GULF OF MANNAR; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MUCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; GENES; RNA; TISSUE;

BODY FLUIDS;

ACROPORA DIGITIFERA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

EID: 79955801970     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0591-4     Document Type: Article

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