Algae as Reservoirs for Coral Pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sweet, Michael J ^a   Bythell, John C ^a   Nugues, Maggy M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ALGA; ALTEROMONAS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCOBACTER; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BENTHIC ALGA; BURKHOLDERIALES; CILIATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL DISEASE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROFLORA; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SHEWANELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO; WHITE SYNDROME DISEASE; YELLOW BAND DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARIBBEAN REGION; CILIOPHORA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICROALGAE; PACIFIC OCEAN; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84881125174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069717     Document Type: Article

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