Spatial variability of microbial assemblages associated with a dominant habitat-forming seaweed

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Campbell, Alexandra H ^a,b   Marzinelli, Ezequiel M ^a,b   Gelber, Jon ^a   Steinberg, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colonization; Seaweed microbe interaction; Succession

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HABITAT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOSPORA COMOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; SEASON; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHYLLOSPORA; PHYLLOSPORA COMOSA;

EID: 84927554128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00230     Document Type: Article

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