Editorial for: Microbial symbiosis of marine sessile hosts- diversity and function

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Egan, Suhelen ^a   Thomas, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beneficial microorganisms; Macroalgae; Marine diseases; Microbial diversity; Microbial interactions; Oysters; Seaweeds; Sponges

Indexed keywords

HOST FACTOR;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SESSILE SPECIES; SYMBIOSIS;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84931264291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00585     Document Type: Editorial

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