Effect of substrate type on bacterial community composition in biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-195

  Witt, Verena ^a,b   Wild, Christian ^b   Uthicke, Sven ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Biofilm; Bioindicator; Substrate; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SKELETON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA;

EID: 80052883993     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02374.x     Document Type: Article

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