Distribution, identity and activity of symbiotic bacteria in anoxic aggregates from the hindgut of the sea urchin echinocardium cordatum

Ophelia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Thorsen, Marianne Seneca ^a   Wieland, Andrea ^a   Ploug, Helle ^a,c   Kragelund, Caroline ^b   Nielsen, Per Halkjœr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Desulfonema; Echinocardium cordatum; FeS; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Intestinal caecum; Microsensors; Sea urchin; Soft bottom; Sulphate reduction; Sulphide re oxidation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; BACTERIUM; ECHINODERM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFONEMA; ECHINOCARDIUM; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPATANGOIDA;

EID: 0038685957     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2003.10409501     Document Type: Article

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