Sulfide acquisition by the vent worm Riftia pachyptila appears to be via uptake of HS-, rather than H2S

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2609-2616

  Goffredi, Shana K ^a   Childress, James J ^a   Desaulniers, Nicole T ^a   Lallier, Francois H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hydrothermal vent; Mediated transport; Riftia pachyptila; Sulfide; Symbiosis; Tubeworm; Vestimentiferan

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; METABOLISM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEMOGLOBINS; SULFIDES; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PACHYPTILA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0031258637     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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