Bacterial profiling of White Plague Disease across corals and oceans indicates a conserved and distinct disease microbiome

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 965-974

  Roder, Cornelia ^a   Arif, Chatchanit ^a   Daniels, Camille ^a   Weil, Ernesto ^b   Voolstra, Christian R ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene microarray; coral disease; microbial community; Orbicella faveolata; Orbicella franksi; Pavona duerdeni; Porites lutea; White Plague Disease (WPD); White Plague like Disease; White Syndrome (WS)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE MICROARRAY; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL DISEASE; GENETICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; ORBICELLA FAVEOLATA; ORBICELLA FRANKSI; PAVONA DUERDENI; PHYLOGENY; PORITES LUTEA; WHITE PLAGUE DISEASE (WPD); WHITE PLAGUE-LIKE DISEASE; WHITE SYNDROME (WS);

16S RRNA GENE MICROARRAY; CORAL DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORBICELLA FAVEOLATA; ORBICELLA FRANKSI; PAVONA DUERDENI; PORITES LUTEA; WHITE PLAGUE DISEASE (WPD); WHITE PLAGUE-LIKE DISEASE; WHITE SYNDROME (WS);

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84893401206     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12638     Document Type: Article

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