Microbial Properties of Montipora Coral Mucus

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dc.contributor.advisorEric Freundt
dc.contributor.authorJayde A. Zimmerman, Cody J. Cox
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-06T20:41:16Z
dc.date.available2018-03-06T20:41:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionRecommended Citation: Zimmerman, Jayde A., and Cody J. Cox. “Microbial Properties of Montipora Coral Mucus.” Acta Spartae, 2017. https://doi.org/10.48497/01TG-Z960.
dc.description.abstractMucus produced by corals has a varied understanding with many gaps. Although there are many hypotheses regarding the function and purpose of the mucus itself, and the many microbial communities that inhabit it, there are still many inquiries about it. The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether coral mucus possessed diverse microbes and whether the mucus held any antibacterial properties against gram positive or gram negative bacteria compared to seawater. Mucus was collected from Montipora species and plated on marine agar. Individual bacterial colonies were isolated and gram stained. Our results showed that the mucus does not show antibacterial activity but contains as much as five times the amount of bacteria in comparison to seawater. Additionally, the coral mucus contained exclusively gram negative bacteria whereas the seawater contained both gram negative and gram positive bacteria. These results suggest that coral mucus is a hospitable site for growth of gram negative bacteria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZimmerman, Jayde A., and Cody J. Cox. “Microbial Properties of Montipora Coral Mucus.” Acta Spartae, 2017. https://doi.org/10.48497/01TG-Z960.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.48497/01tg-z960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/322
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Natural and Health Sciences, The University of Tampaen_US
dc.subjectMontiporaen_US
dc.subjectMicrobialen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Biologyen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Biologyen_US
dc.titleMicrobial Properties of Montipora Coral Mucusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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