Thermal stress responses in the bacterial biosphere of the great barrier reef sponge, rhopaloeides odorabile

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3232-3246

  Simister, Rachel ^a   Taylor, Michael W ^a   Tsai, Peter ^b   Fan, Lu ^c   Bruxner, Timothy J ^d   Crowe, Mark L ^d   Webster, Nicole ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS; RHOPALOEIDES ODORABILE;

EID: 84870495828     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12010     Document Type: Article

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