Bacterial microflora of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae)

• Main Author: Neulinger, Sven Christopher
• Other Authors: Lochte, Karin, Treude, Tina
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: ddc:570; thesis; Bacteria; Cold-Water Corals; Lophelia pertusa; Symbiosis; Bakterien; Kaltwasser-Korallen; Symbiose; Bak
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-29571; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00002957; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00002427/PhD_Thesis_Sven_Neulinger.pdf

The pseudocolonial coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) is a eury¬ba¬thic, steno¬ther¬mal cosmopolitan cold-water species. It occurs in two colour vari¬eties, white and red. L. pertusa builds vast cold-water coral reefs along the con¬tinental margins, which are among the most diver...