Infection dynamics vary between Symbiodinium Types and cell surface treatments during establishment of endosymbiosis with coral larvae

Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-374

  Bay, Line Kolind ^a,b   Cumbo, Vivian Ruth ^b,c   Abrego, David ^a   Kool, Johnathan Travis ^a,b   Ainsworth, Tracy Danielle ^b   Willis, Bette Lynn ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acropora tenuis; Coral; Glycan; Glycome; Host selection; Lectin; Symbiodinium; Symbiont dynamics; Symbiosis; Winnowing

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; CORAL REEF; ENZYME; HOST SELECTION; INFECTIVITY; LARVA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROPORA TENUIS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84859418436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d3030356     Document Type: Article

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