The Red Sea has high biodiversity, with at least 266 coral and sponge species. The coral/Sponge holobiont is comprised of the coral/sponge animal and its associated microorganisms consisting of bacteria, archaea, fungi and viruses. It has been hypothesized that this interaction plays a role in coral/ sponge defense. This study aims to study the bio-diversity of some collected types of sponge and soft coral from Red Sea and to isolate associated bacteria from them. The result includes five types of sponges; Ircinia strobilina, Callyspongia viridis, Suberea spp., Spongia officinalis and Biemna ehrenbergi and five types of soft corals; Heteroxenia fuscescens, Didemnum moseleyi, Lobophytum pauciflorum, Sarcophyton trocheliophorum and Sinularia spp. Twenty two bacterial isolates were isolated from the sponges with 41 % and thirty two bacterial isolates were isolated from soft coral samples with 59 % collected from different Red Sea areas.
M. Sallam, A., El Hriri, M., A. Mahmoud, M., & El-Jakee, J. (2019). Bacterial diversity and distribution in Soft Corals and Sponges in the Red Sea. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 23(1), 299-304. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28097
MLA
A. M. Sallam; M. El Hriri; M. A. Mahmoud; J. El-Jakee. "Bacterial diversity and distribution in Soft Corals and Sponges in the Red Sea", Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 23, 1, 2019, 299-304. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28097
HARVARD
M. Sallam, A., El Hriri, M., A. Mahmoud, M., El-Jakee, J. (2019). 'Bacterial diversity and distribution in Soft Corals and Sponges in the Red Sea', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 23(1), pp. 299-304. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28097
VANCOUVER
M. Sallam, A., El Hriri, M., A. Mahmoud, M., El-Jakee, J. Bacterial diversity and distribution in Soft Corals and Sponges in the Red Sea. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2019; 23(1): 299-304. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2019.28097
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