Microbial epibionts of the colonial ascidians Didemnum galacteum and Cystodytes sp.

Symbiosis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-63

  Da Silva Oliveira, Francisca Andréa ^a   Colares, Geórgia B ^a   Hissa, Denise C ^a   Angelim, Alysson L ^a   Melo, Vânia M M ^a   Lotufo, Tito M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ascidiacea; Brazil; Microbiota; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CLONE; DIATOM; EPIBIONT; FILTER FEEDER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEAWATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

BRAZIL; CEARA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTODYTES; DIDEMNUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROCHLORON; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 84875211954     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: 18787665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-012-0210-2     Document Type: Article

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