Bacterial Communities Associated With Healthy and Bleached Crustose Coralline Alga Porolithon onkodes

Crustose coralline algae (CCA) play vital roles in producing and stabilizing reef structures and inducing the settlement and metamorphosis of invertebrate larvae in coral reef ecosystems. However, little is known about the bacterial communities associated with healthy and bleached CCA and their inte...

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Main Authors: Fangfang Yang, Zhiliang Xiao, Zhangliang Wei, Lijuan Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.646143/full