A Survey into Taxonomic and Physiological Differences of Symbiodinium sp., the Photosynthetic Symbiont of Reef-building Corals

The dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium is a popular research topic in the coral reef molecular biology field. Primarily because these organisms serve as the coral holobiont’s primary source of energy, carrying out photosynthesis, and providing hydrocarbons to the coral host. Previous studies have sho...

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Main Author: Gong, Xianzhe
Other Authors: Voolstra, Christian R.
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10754/253670