Microbial symbiosis of marine sessile hosts - Diversity and function

• Main Author: Torsten Thomas (auth)
• Other Authors: Suhelen Egan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Symbiosis; marine diseases; marine microbiology; oysters; macroalgae; Microbial Diversity; seaweeds; Sponges; Microbial Interactions
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Modern molecular -omics tools (metagenomics, metaproteomics etc.) have greatly contributed to the rapid advancement of our understanding of microbial diversity and function in the world's oceans. These tools are now increasingly applied to host-associated environments to describe the symbiotic...