Bacterial communities associated with healthy and Acropora white syndrome-affected corals from American Samoa

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 509-520

  Wilson, Bryan ^a   Aeby, Greta S ^b   Work, Thierry M ^c   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clone libraries; Coral disease; Culturable isolates; MLST; Vibrio; White syndrome

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SEAWATER; SLURRY;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO; VIBRIONACEAE;

AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; VIBRIO; VIBRIONACEAE;

SAMOA;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 84859607822     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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