Sulfate reducing bacteria as secondary and necessary pathogens in black band disease of corals;Bacterias reductoras de sulfato como patógenos secundarios y necesarios en la enfermedad de la banda negra de coral

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Brownell, Abigael C ^a   Richardson, Laurie L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; SCLERACTINIA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 84922016358     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v62i0.15897     Document Type: Article

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