Table 2. Comparison of results from the present study with similar studies on other invertebrates and one algal species.


Test species

# bacterial
strains isolated

% positive

effect tested

reference

C. intestinalis

73

20

settlement

present study

P. praeputialis

73

20

settlement

present study

C. intestinalis

40

12.5

settlement

Holmstrom et al. 1992

B. amphitrite

40

12.5

settlement

Holmstrom et al. 1992

B. amphitrite

16

64

settlement

Mary et al. 1993

Hydroides  elegans

11

18

settlement

Dobretsov and Quian, 2004

Ulva (spores)

56

23

spore germination

Egan et al. 2001


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