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Mimivirus and Mimiviridae: Giant viruses with an increasing number of potential hosts, including corals and sponges

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Exploring the utility of an indel-rich, mitochondrial intergenic region as a molecular barcode for bamboo corals (Octocorallia: Isididae)

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Molecular systematics of the bubblegum coral genera (Paragorgiidae, Octocorallia) and description of a new deep-sea species

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Adaptations to Submarine Hydrothermal Environments Exemplified by the Genome of Nautilia profundicola

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Bacterial communities closely associated with coral tissues vary under experimental and natural reef conditions and thermal stress

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The Mitochondrial Genome of a Deep-Sea Bamboo Coral (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Isididae): Genome Structure and Putative Origins of Replication Are Not Conserved Among Octocorals

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Horizontal gene transfer of the algal nuclear gene psbO to the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia chlorotica

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