SymbioGBR: a web-based database of Symbiodinium associated with cnidarian hosts on the Great Barrier Reef.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The algal endosymbionts (genus Symbiodinium) associated with scleractinian corals (and other reef invertebrates) have received a lot of research attention in the past decade, particularly as certain host-symbiont associations appear more affected by increasing seawater temperatures than others. With the rapid accumulation of information on the diversity of Symbiodinium, it is becoming increasingly difficult to compare newly acquired Symbiodinium data with existing data to detect patterns of host-symbiont specificity on broader spatial scales. The lack of a general consensus on the classification of Symbiodinium species coupled with the variety of different markers used to identify the genus Symbiodinium (ITS1, ITS2, LSU D1/D2, chloroplast 23S rDNA and psbA minicircle) fu

SUBMITTER: Tonk L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3616961 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature