Isolation of clonal axenic strains of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium and their growth and host specificity1

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-458

  Xiang, Tingting ^a   Hambleton, Elizabeth A ^b   Denofrio, Jan C ^b   Pringle, John R ^b   Grossman, Arthur R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Anemone; Cnidarian; Coral bleaching; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; ALGAE; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84878741089     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12055     Document Type: Article

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