Symbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hume, B C C ^a   D'Angelo, C ^a   Smith, E G ^b   Stevens, J R ^c   Burt, J ^b   Wiedenmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; GENETIC MARKER; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDIAN OCEAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; CYTOCHROMES B; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC MARKERS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84923781277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08562     Document Type: Article

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