Development of bacterial biofilms on artificial corals in comparison to surface-associated microbes of hard corals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sweet, Michael John ^a   Croquer, Aldo ^a,b   Bythell, John Christopher ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; RESIN; RESIN NUBBINS; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ACROPORA MURICATA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HARD CORAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS;

ACROPORA MURICATA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CARBON; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MUCUS; NITROGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79959604290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021195     Document Type: Article

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