Coral mucus is a hot spot for viral infections

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5773-5783

  Nguyen Kim, Hanh ^a,b,d   Bettarel, Yvan ^b,d   Bouvier, Thierry ^b,d   Bouvier, Corinne ^b,d   Doan Nhu, Hai ^a   Nguyen Ngoc, Lam ^a   Nguyen Thanh, Thuy ^c   Tran Quang, Huy ^c   Brune, Justine ^b,d  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE)   (France)

^d NONE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; VIRUSES;

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; EPIFLUORESCENCES; LIFE STRATEGIES; PRODUCTION RATES; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STRONG COUPLING; VIRAL INFECTIONS;

BODY FLUIDS;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CORAL REEF; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRAL DISEASE;

NHA TRANG BAY; VIET NAM;

ACROPORA FORMOSA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGIA REPANDA; SCLERACTINIA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS; SEASON; VIET NAM; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; MUCUS; SEASONS; VIETNAM; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUSES;

EID: 84938807271     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00542-15     Document Type: Article

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