Community structure and functional gene profile of bacteria on healthy and diseased thalli of the red seaweed Delisea pulchra.

Disease is increasingly viewed as a major factor in the ecology of marine communities and its impact appears to be increasing with environmental change, such as global warming. The temperate macroalga Delisea pulchra bleaches in Southeast Australia during warm summer periods, a phenomenon which prev...

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Main Authors: Neil Fernandes, Peter Steinberg, Doug Rusch, Staffan Kjelleberg, Torsten Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3513314?pdf=render