Bacterial acquisition in juveniles of several broadcast spawning coral species.

Coral animals harbor diverse microorganisms in their tissues, including archaea, bacteria, viruses, and zooxanthellae. The extent to which coral-bacterial associations are specific and the mechanisms for their maintenance across generations in the environment are unknown. The high diversity of bacte...

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Main Authors: Koty H Sharp, Kim B Ritchie, Peter J Schupp, Raphael Ritson-Williams, Valerie J Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2878338?pdf=render