Norwegian deep-water coral reefs: cultivation and molecular analysis of planktonic microbial communities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3597-3609

  Jensen, Sigmund ^a,b   Lynch, Michael D J ^c   Ray, Jessica L ^d   Neufeld, Josh D ^c   Hovland, Martin ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Uni Research AS   (Norway)

^e Ambio Tech Team   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEF; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; CORAL REEFS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER;

EID: 84960449500     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12531     Document Type: Article

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