Corals shed bacteria as a potential mechanism of resilience to organic matter enrichment

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1159-1165

  Garren, Melissa ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

coral holobiont; coral bacteria association; microscale; organic matter; resilience; Vibrio coralliilyticus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; VIBRIO;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS;

EID: 84861341733     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.180     Document Type: Article

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