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SUBMITTER: Meyer JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4597393 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meyer Julie L JL Dillard Brian A BA Rodgers John M JM Ritchie Kim B KB Paul Valerie J VJ Teplitski Max M
Standards in genomic sciences 20151007
Members of the gammaproteobacterial genus Halomonas are common in marine environments. Halomonas and other members of the Oceanospirillales have recently been identified as prominent members of the surface microbiota of reef-building corals. Halomonas meridiana strain R1t3 was isolated from the surface mucus layer of the scleractinian coral Acropora palmata in 2005 from the Florida Keys. This strain was chosen for genome sequencing to provide insight into the role of commensal heterotrophic bact ...[more]