Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1804-1808

  Lema, Kimberley A ^a,b,c   Clode, Peta L ^d   Kilburn, Matt R ^d   Thornton, Ruth ^d   Willis, Bette L ^a   Bourne, David G ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; CORAL; ENDOSYMBIONT; LARVA; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ACROPORA MILLEPORA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LARVA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA;

EID: 84951325754     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.229     Document Type: Article

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