Deep-Sequencing Method for Quantifying Background Abundances of Symbiodinium Types: Exploring the Rare Symbiodinium Biosphere in Reef-Building Corals

• Kate M. Quigley ,

  E-mail: katemarie.quigley@my.jcu.edu.au

  Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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• Sarah W. Davies,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Carly D. Kenkel,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Bette L. Willis ,

  E-mail: katemarie.quigley@my.jcu.edu.au

  Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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• Mikhail V. Matz,

  Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Line K. Bay

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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