Sulfur-oxidizing symbionts have not co-evolved with their hydrothermal vent tube worm hosts: An RFLP analysis

Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 180-188

  Laue, Bridget E ^a,b   Nelson, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

COEVOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SULPHUR-OXIDISING BACTERIA; SULPHUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; SYMBIONT; SYMBIONTS; TUBEWORM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYMBIOSIS; THIOBACILLUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC BACTERIA; HEAT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR; SYMBIOSIS; THIOBACILLUS;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PACHYPTILA; POGONOPHORA; POLYCHAETA; RIDGEIA PISCESAE; RIFTIA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; SULFUR-OXIDIZING SYMBIONTS; TEVNIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0031238652     PISSN: 10536426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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