Coral-the world's most diverse symbiotic ecosystem

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 5330-5347

  Blackall, Linda L ^a   Wilson, Bryan ^b   Van Oppen, Madeleine J H ^c,d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; coral; coral model; holobiont; microbiome; Symbiodinium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84945303573     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13400     Document Type: Review

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