The urgent need for robust coral disease diagnostics

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Pollock, F Joseph ^a,b,c,d   Morris, Pamela J ^b,e   Willis, Bette L ^d   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OCULINA PATAGONICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW;

ANTHOZOA;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 80055080758     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002183     Document Type: Article

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