Sponge-specific bacteria are widespread (but rare) in diverse marine environments

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 438-443

  Taylor, Michael W ^a   Tsai, Peter ^a   Simister, Rachel L ^a   Deines, Peter ^a,c   Botte, Emmanuelle ^b   Ericson, Gavin ^b   Schmitt, Susanne ^a,d   Webster, Nicole S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA pyrosequencing; bacteria; marine sponge; specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CORAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PORIBACTERIA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84872914192     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.111     Document Type: Article

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