Bacteria of the genus Endozoicomonas dominate the microbiome of the Mediterranean gorgonian coral Eunicella cavolini

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-84

  Bayer, Till ^a   Arif, Chatchanit ^a   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^b   Zoccola, Didier ^b   Aranda, Manuel ^a   Voolstra, Christian R ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

Author keywords

16S tag sequencing; Eunicella cavolini; Gorgonian; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUNICELLA CAVOLINI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876006796     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10197     Document Type: Article

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