Integration of culture-based and molecular analysis of a complex sponge-associated bacterial community.

The bacterial communities of sponges have been studied using molecular techniques as well as culture-based techniques, but the communities described by these two methods are remarkably distinct. Culture-based methods describe communities dominated by Proteobacteria, and Actinomycetes while molecular...

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Main Authors: Naomi F Montalvo, Jeanette Davis, Jan Vicente, Raquel Pittiglio, Jacques Ravel, Russell T Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24618773/pdf/?tool=EBI