Phage therapy treatment of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-74

  Cohen, Yossi ^a,b   Joseph Pollock, F ^b,c   Rosenberg, Eugene ^a   Bourne, David G ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Coral juveniles; Phage therapy; Vibrio coralliilyticus; White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE YC; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIODINIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CORALLIILYTICUS; VIBRIOPHAGE; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; MYOVIRIDAE; SEAWATER; VIBRIO;

EID: 84878335177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.52     Document Type: Article

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