Microbial Communities of Coral Surface Mucopolysaccharide Layers

By K. Ritchie, Garriett W Smith. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Immunology, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. M. Sweet
2. B. Brown
3. J. Bythell
4. A. Cróquer
5. K. Ritchie
6. Michael Lesser

In Immunology

1. M. Sweet
2. B. Brown
3. J. Bythell
4. A. Cróquer
5. K. Ritchie

In Oceanography

1. M. Sweet
2. B. Brown
3. J. Bythell
4. A. Cróquer

Citations in the corpus

• Environmental impacts of dredging and other sediment disturbances on corals: a review. (2012, unknown): “A potentially problematic by-product of this abundant mucus production can be fertilisation of the nearby water potentially causing population explosions of bacteria (Mitchell and Chet, 1975; Coffroth, 1990; Ritchie and Smith, 2004; Brown and Bythell, 2005; Klaus et al., 2007).”
• Bacterial assemblages differ between compartments within the coral holobiont (2011, background): “These ribotypes may represent specific associates adapted to these particular microbial niches (Ritchie and Smith 2004).”
• Perspectives on mucus secretion in reef corals (2005, background): “Conversely, Ritchie & Smith (2004) note that the SML contains 100 times the number of culturable bacteria than that of the surrounding seawater and that they are several orders of magnitude more metabolically active (Ritchie & Smith 2004).”