The Possible Role of Cyanobacterial Filaments in Coral Black Band Disease Pathology

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-185

  Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^a,b   Arotsker, Luba ^a   Rasoulouniriana, Diana ^a   Siboni, Nachshon ^a   Loya, Yossi ^b   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; FAVIIDAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84893786173     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0309-x     Document Type: Article

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