Coral-Associated Actinobacteria: Diversity, Abundance, and Biotechnological Potentials.

ABSTRACT: Marine Actinobacteria, particularly coral-associated Actinobacteria, have attracted attention recently. In this study, the abundance and diversity of Actinobacteria associated with three types of coral thriving in a thermally stressed coral reef system north of the Arabian Gulf were investigated. Coscinaraea columna, Platygyra daedalea and Porites harrisoni have been found to harbor equivalent numbers of culturable Actinobacteria in their tissues but not in their mucus. However, different culturable actinobacterial communities have been found to be associated with different coral hosts. Differences in the abundance and diversity of Actinobacteria were detected between the mucus and tissue of the same coral host. In addition, temporal and spatial variations in the abundance and diversity of

SUBMITTER: Mahmoud HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770044 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature