Nitrogen cycling in corals: The key to understanding holobiont functioning?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 490-497

  Rädecker, Nils ^a,b   Pogoreutz, Claudia ^a   Voolstra, Christian R ^c   Wiedenmann, Jörg ^d   Wild, Christian ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral disease; Coral holobiont; Nutrient limitation; Symbiodinium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ALGAL GROWTH; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; DENITRIFICATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STRESS; HOLOBIONT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; FUNGI; SYMBIODINIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FUNGI; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84939253436     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.008     Document Type: Review

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