title: The microbiome of the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata is dominated by tissue-associated Endozoicomonas bacteria.
abstract: Endozoicomonas bacteria were found highly associated with the coral Stylophora pistillata, and these bacteria are also ubiquitously associated with diverse corals worldwide. Novel Endozoicomonas-specific probes revealed that Endozoicomonas bacteria were abundant in the endodermal tissues of S. pistillata and appear to have an intimate relationship with the coral.
authors.affiliation: Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Till
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Neave
authors.forename: Areej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alsheikh-Hussain
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aranda
authors.forename: Lauren K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Yum
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mincer
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hughen
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apprill
authors.forename: Christian R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Voolstra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019156:Indian Ocean; D054892:Metagenome; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S