Characterizing the bacterial associates of three Caribbean sponges along a gradient from shallow to mesophotic depths

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Olson, Julie B ^a   Gao, Xumin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesophotic; Small subunit ribosomal genes; Symbionts; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FRAGMENTATION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM; SPONGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

AGELAS; AGELAS CONIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; PLAKORTIS; PLAKORTIS ANGULOSPICULATUS; XESTOSPONGIA; XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

EID: 84879410037     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12099     Document Type: Article

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