Viruses of reef-building scleractinian corals

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 408, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 102-113

  Thurber, Rebecca L Vega ^a   Correa, Adrienne M S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Disease; Metagenomics; Symbiodinium; Virome; Virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CELL ORGANELLE; CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENOMICS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; CNIDARIA; HERPESVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84855940808     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.030     Document Type: Review

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