Roots as a site of hydrogen sulfide uptake in the hydrocarbon seep vestimentiferan Lamellibrachia sp.

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2245-2257

  Julian, David ^a   Gaill, Françoise ^b   Wood, Eric ^a   Arp, Alissa J ^a   Fisher, Charles R ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chitin; Hydrocarbon seep; Hydrogen sulphide; Lamellibrachia sp.; Root tube; Sulphide; Tubeworm; Vestimentiferan

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMELLIBRACHIA; LAMELLIBRACHIA SP.; VESTIMENTIFERA;

EID: 0033198460     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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