Phylogenetic survey of metabolically active microbial communities associated with the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa from the Apulian plateau, Central Mediaterranean Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: YAKIMOV M. M., CAPPELLO S., CRISAFI E., SAVINI A., CORSELLI C., SCARFI S. AND GIULIANO L., TURSI, Angelo Raffaele
• Other Authors: Yakimov, M. M., Cappello, S., Crisafi, E., Tursi, Angelo Raffaele, Savini, A., Corselli, C., Scarfi, S. AND GIULIANO L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Mediterranean Sea; Ionian Sea; Apulian plateau; Plateau Central; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11586/80000; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.07.005

Living deep-water coral assemblages were discovered recently inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea between the depths of 300 and 1000 m off the Cape of Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulian platform, Ionian Sea). This living assemblage was dominated by two colonial scleractinian corals, Lophelia pertusa and Madr...