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Electroporation of Mycobacteria
Published on: May 23, 2008
Mycobacteria isolated from temperate stony corals
Dana Ulanova1, Takuma Mezaki2, Satoshi Kubota3
1Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kōchi University, Kochi, Kochi, Japan.
Abstract:
In marine environment, actinobacteria are widely distributed in water and sediments, and form symbiotic relationships with higher organisms. In this study, we isolated 49 actinobacterial strains from three temperate stony corals , Pocillopora damicornis , Acropora hyacinthus and Acropora muricata . More than 60% of obtained actinobacterial isolates belonged to mycolic acid-containing genera, particularly members of the family Mycobacteriaceae . Our results combined with the previous studies demonstrated that these actinobacteria are frequently associated with coral hosts worldwide.
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