Endobacteria in the tentacles of selected cnidarian species and in the cerata of their nudibranch predators

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-50

  Doepke, Hilke ^a   Herrmann, Karl ^b   Schuett, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerata; Cnidaria; DGGE; Endobiotic bacteria; Nudibranchia; Pathogenic activity; PCR; SEM; Tentacles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; PREDATOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BERGHIA; CNIDARIA; CORYMORPHA NUTANS; CORYPHELLA LINEATA; DENDRONOTUS FRONDOSUS; DOTO CORONATA; ENDOBACTERIA; FLABELLINA GRACILIS; JANOLUS CRISTATUS; LOKTANELLA ROSEA; NUDIBRANCHIA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYCERA FAEROENSIS; POLYCERA QUADRILINEATA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS LUTEOVIOLACEA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS TETRAODONIS; SAGARTIA ELEGANS; TUBULARIA INDIVISA; TUBULARIA LARYNX; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

EID: 84857362545     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-011-0245-4     Document Type: Article

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