A comprehensive analysis of the microbial communities of healthy and diseased marine macroalgae and the detection of known and potential bacterial pathogens

Microorganisms are increasingly being recognized as the causative agents in the diseases of marine higher organisms, such as corals, sponges and macroalgae. Delisea pulchra is a common, temperate red macroalga, which suffers from a bleaching disease. Two bacterial strains, Nautella italica R11 and P...

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Main Author: Torsten eThomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00146/full