[Coral-List] RE: Coral larvae settling in axenic environment

[kdarnel at indiana.edu]

Sorry if that confused anyone. Axenic simply means without bacteria in the 
surrounding environment. I know that jellyfish larvae need a bacteria present 
to settle on a substrate and become a polyp, but I wasn't certain if this is 
true of all cnidarians.

-Kendra
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I may be among a limited few, but I think not.  I have no idea what "axenic"
is.  A clarification would be helpful.

Thanks,

Greg

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From: kdarnel at indiana.edu [mailto:kdarnel at indiana.edu] 
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:09 PM
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] Coral larvae settling in axenic environment


I was wondering if coral larvae could settle in an axenic environment or if 
there had to be a catalyst bacteria present. Any comments would be welcome.
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