Subcuticular bacteria from the brittle star Ophiactis balli (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) represent a new lineage of extracellular marine symbionts in the α subdivision of the class Proteobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1721-1724

  Burnett, W J ^a   Mckenzie, J D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030902199     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1721-1724.1997     Document Type: Article

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