Physiological characterization of aerobic culturable bacteria in the intestine of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Zhang, Xiaochi ^a   Nakahara, Tomomi ^a   Murase, Shinji ^b   Nakata, Hideaki ^c   Inoue, Tetsushi ^c   Kudo, Toshiaki ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Aerobic culturable bacteria; Apostichopus japonicus; Diversity; Omura bay; Polysaccharide degradation; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC CULTURABLE BACTERIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FIRMICUTES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOBACILLUS; PHYLUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEA CUCUMBER; SEDIMENT; VIRGIBAILLUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INTESTINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEA CUCUMBERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; HOLOTHUROIDEA; OCEANOBACILLUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 84875408858     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.59.1     Document Type: Article

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