Ecology and Physiology of the Pathogenic Cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium

Ecology and Physiology of the Pathogenic Cyanobacterium Roseofilum reptotaenium

Roseofilum reptotaenium is a gliding, filamentous, phycoerythrin-rich cyanobacterium that has been found only in the horizontally migrating, pathogenic microbial mat, black band disease (BBD) on Caribbean corals. R. reptotaenium dominates the BBD mat in terms of biomass and motility, and the filamen...

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Main Authors: Laurie L. Richardson, Dina Stanić, Amanda May, Abigael Brownell, Miroslav Gantar, Shawn R. Campagna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
cyanobacteria
black band disease
pathogen
polymicrobial disease
Roseofilum reptotaenium
metabolomics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/968

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