Epidemic Mortality of the Sponge Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Associated to Proliferation of a Vibrio Bacterium

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 802-813

  Stabili, Loredana ^a,b   Cardone, Frine ^c   Alifano, Pietro ^b   Tredici, S Maurizio ^b   Piraino, Stefano ^b   Corriero, Giuseppe ^c   Gaino, Elda ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; IRCINIA VARIABILIS; PORIFERA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO ROTIFERIANUS;

EID: 84866737525     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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