Same, same but different: Symbiotic bacterial associations in GBR sponges

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Webster, N S ^a   Luter, H M ^a,b,c   Soo, R M ^d   Botte E S ^a   Simister, R L ^e   Abdo, D ^f   Whalan, S ^g  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Northern Australian Marine Research Alliance Arafura Timor Research Facility Darwin   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^g SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Great barrier reef; Microorganism; Sponge; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876503896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00444     Document Type: Article

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