Stimulatory effect of sulphide on thiotaurine synthesis in three hydrothermal-vent species from the East Pacific Rise

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2923-2930

  Pruski, Audrey M ^a   Fiala Médioni, Aline ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Hydrothermal vent; Hypotaurine; Sulphide; Sulphur based symbiosis; Thiotaurine

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPOTAURINE; SULFIDE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; TAURINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVERTEBRATE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INVERTEBRATES; KINETICS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SULFIDES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; SYMBIOSIS; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI; BATHYMODIOLUS THERMOPHILUS; BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA; CALYPTOGENA MAGNIFICA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; PACHYPTILA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA;

EID: 0041759817     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00513     Document Type: Article

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