The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole from a biofilm bacterium induces settlement of multiple Caribbean corals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1786, 2014, Pages

  Sneed, Jennifer M ^a   Sharp, Koty H ^b   Ritchie, Kimberly B ^c   Paul, Valerie J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chemical ecology; Coral recruitment; Larval settlement; Pseudoalteromonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CORAL; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RED ALGA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84902687850     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3086     Document Type: Article

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