Vibrio zinc-metalloprotease causes photoinactivation of coral endosymbionts and coral tissue lesions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sussman, Meir ^a,b   Mieog, Jos C ^b,c   Doyle, Jason ^b   Victor, Steven ^d   Willis, Bette L ^a   Bourne, David G ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Palau International Coral Reef Center   (Palau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; METALLOPROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLUOROMETER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYSTEM II; SUPERNATANT; VIBRIO; VIBRIONACEAE;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; VIBRIO;

EID: 84887212562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004511     Document Type: Article

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