UV-absorbing bacteria in coral mucus and their response to simulated temperature elevations

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1043-1050

  Ravindran, J ^a   Kannapiran, E ^b   Manikandan, B ^a   Francis, K ^a   Arora, Shruti ^c   Karunya, E ^d   Kumar, Amit ^d   Singh, S K ^a   Jose, Jiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acropora hyacinthus; Coral; Firmicutes; Porites lutea; UV absorbing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MUCUS; PROKARYOTE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYACINTHUS; PORITES LUTEA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALINICOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 84888047588     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1053-x     Document Type: Article

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