Disturbance to conserved bacterial communities in the cold-water gorgonian coral Eunicella verrucosa

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 404-416

  Ransome, Emma ^a,b,c   Rowley, Sonia J ^b,d,e   Thomas, Simon ^a   Tait, Karen ^a   Munn, Colin B ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Eunicella verrucosa; Clone libraries; Coral disease; Coral microbiology; DGGE; Endozoicomonas spp.

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; CLONE; COLD WATER; COLONY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; SEDIMENT; SOFT CORAL; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUNICELLA VERRUCOSA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENGLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84922392300     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12398     Document Type: Article

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