Filamentous sulfide-oxidizing bacteria at hydrocarbon seeps of the Gulf of Mexico

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Larkin, John M ^a   Henk, Margaret C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beggiatoa; Gliding motility; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BEGGIATOA; BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS; GLIDING MOTILITY; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBON SEEPS; PROKARYOTICS; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACES; SULFIDE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; SYMBIOSIS; THIN LAYERS;

HYDROCARBONS;

HYDROCARBON; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BEGGIATOA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030034839     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(199601)33:1<23::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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