White Syndrome in Acropora muricata: Nonspecific bacterial infection and ciliate histophagy

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1150-1159

  Sweet, Michael ^a   Bythell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

antibiotics; disease; Philaster; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA MURICATA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; PHILASTER; VIBRIO;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CARIBBEAN; CILIATE; CILIATE INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MELANESIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; MELANESIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84923454062     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13097     Document Type: Article

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