Experimental antibiotic treatment identifies potential pathogens of white band disease in the endangered Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1788, 2014, Pages

  Sweet, M J ^a,b   Croquer, A ^c   Bythell, J C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Coral; Disease; Philaster; Treatment; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902687844     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0094     Document Type: Article

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