Coral-associated micro-organisms and their roles in promoting coral health and thwarting diseases

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1755, 2013, Pages

  Krediet, Cory J ^a   Ritchie, Kim B ^a,b   Paul, Valerie J ^c   Teplitski, Max ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensal bacteria; Coral microbiology; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DECADAL VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SULFUR CYCLE; TAXONOMY; VIRULENCE;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84879034602     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2328     Document Type: Review

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