Characterization of culturable bacteria isolated from the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-346

  Galkiewicz, Julia P ^a   Pratte, Zoe A ^b   Gray, Michael A ^c   Kellogg, Christina A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cold water; Coral; Deep sea; Lophelia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLD WATER; CORAL; DEEP SEA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LOPHELIA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS;

EID: 79960163310     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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