Mucus composition and bacterial communities associated with the tissue and skeleton of three scleractinian corals maintained under culture conditions

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 649-657

  Tremblay, Pascale ^a,b   Weinbauer, Markus G ^c   Rottier, Cécile ^a   Guérardel, Yann ^d   Nozais, Christian ^b   Ferrier Pagàs, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; bacterial community composition; corals; mucus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ELECTROKINESIS; EXCRETION; GLUCOSE; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUCUS; SEAWATER; SKELETON;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; PAVONA CACTUS; SCLERACTINIA; TURBINARIA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 80055033819     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531541000130X     Document Type: Article

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