Microbiomes of stony and soft deep-sea corals share rare core bacteria

Abstract Background Numerous studies have shown that bacteria form stable associations with host corals and have focused on identifying conserved “core microbiomes” of bacterial associates inferred to be serving key roles in the coral holobiont. Because studies tend to focus on only stony corals (or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christina A. Kellogg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0697-3