Microbiota of the Major South Atlantic Reef Building Coral Mussismilia

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-280

  Fernando, Samodha C ^a,e   Wang, Jia ^a   Sparling, Kimberly ^a   Garcia, Gizele D ^b   Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^c   de Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Paranhos, Rodolfo ^b   Thompson, Fabiano L ^b,d   Thompson, Janelle R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Gestão Tecnológica CT2   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MUSSISMILIA; MUSSISMILIA BRAZILIENSIS; MUSSISMILIA HARTTII; MUSSISMILIA HISPIDA; OTUS; SCLERACTINIA; THALASSOMONAS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BRAZIL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORAL REEFS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84961291175     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0474-6     Document Type: Article

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