Microbial diversity and activity in the Nematostella vectensis holobiont: Insights from 16S rRNA gene sequencing, isolate genomes, and a pilot-scale survey of gene expression

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Har, Jia Yi ^a   Helbig, Tim ^a   Lim, Ju Hyoung ^a   Fernando, Samodha C ^a   Reitzel, Adam M ^b   Penn, Kevin ^a   Thompson, Janelle R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Holobiont; Microbiota; Mixotrophy; Nematostella vectensis; Phasins

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ACTINIARIA; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTERALES; CNIDARIA; LIMNOBACTER; LIMNOBACTER THIOOXIDANS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; STAPPIA; STAPPIA STELLULATA;

EID: 84938910128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00818     Document Type: Article

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