Bacterial endosymbionts in the gills of the deep-sea wood-boring bivalves Xylophaga atlantica and Xylophaga washingtona

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-261

  Distel, Daniel L ^a   Roberts, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLOPHAGA ATLANTICA; XYLOPHAGA WASHINGTONA; BIVALVIA;

BACTERIA; BENTHOS; BORING ORGANISMS; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; SYMBIONT; SYMBIONTS; WOOD; WOOD BORING;

EID: 0030616568     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542719     Document Type: Article

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