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

• Main Authors: Fernandes, Neil, Steinberg, Peter, Rusch, Doug, Kjelleberg, Staffan, Thomas, Torsten
• Other Authors: Appanna, Vasu D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101403; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18685
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 pr...