Stable isotope evidence for a putative endosymbiont-based lithotrophic Bathymodiolus sp. mussel community atop a serpentine seamont

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-197

  Yamanaka, Toshiro ^a   Mizota, Chitoshi ^b   Satake, Hiroshi ^c   Kouzuma, Fumitaka ^d   Gamo, Toshitaka ^d   Tsunogai, Urumu ^d   Miwa, Tetsuya ^e   Fujioka, Kantaro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea mussel Bathymodiolus; Dual symbiosis; Energy acquisition; Lithotrophic animal community; Multiple stable isotopes; Serpentine seamount

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; SEAMOUNT; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS SP.; BIVALVIA;

EID: 0042575642     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450303876     Document Type: Article

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