Metagenomic analysis of the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 651-660

  Littman, Raechel ^a,b   Willis, Bette L ^a,b   Bourne, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84859917534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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