The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2261-2274

  Ainsworth, Tracy D ^a   Krause, Lutz ^b   Bridge, Thomas ^a   Torda, Gergely ^a   Raina, Jean Baptise ^a,h   Zakrzewski, Martha ^b   Gates, Ruth D ^c   Padilla Gamiño, Jacqueline L ^c,d   Spalding, Heather L ^e   Smith, Celia ^e   Woolsey, Erika S ^a   Bourne, David G ^f   Bongaerts, Pim ^g   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a,g   Leggat, William ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BACTERIUM; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; METAZOAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; METAZOA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84942197900     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.39     Document Type: Article

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