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SUBMITTER: Beman JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2042080 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beman J Michael JM Roberts Kathryn J KJ Wegley Linda L Rohwer Forest F Francis Christopher A CA
Applied and environmental microbiology 20070622 17
Corals are known to harbor diverse microbial communities of Bacteria and Archaea, yet the ecological role of these microorganisms remains largely unknown. Here we report putative ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) genes of archaeal origin associated with corals. Multiple DNA samples drawn from nine coral species and four different reef locations were PCR screened for archaeal and bacterial amoA genes, and archaeal amoA gene sequences were obtained from five different species of coral collect ...[more]