Ontogenetic Changes in the Bacterial Symbiont Community of the Tropical Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Metamorphosis Is a New Beginning
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Citation: Fieth RA, Gauthier M-EA, Bayes J, Green KM and Degnan SM (2016) Ontogenetic Changes in the Bacterial Symbiont Community of the Tropical Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Metamorphosis Is a New Beginning. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:228. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00228 Ontogenetic Changes in the Bacterial Symbiont Community of the Tropical Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica: Metamorphosis Is a New Beginning
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