Evidence of chemolithoautotrophy in the bacterial community associated with Alvinella pompejana, a hydrothermal vent polychaete

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5070-5078

  Campbell, Barbara J ^a   Stein, Jeffrey L ^b,c   Cary, S Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DIVERSA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Quorex Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; MICROORGANISMS;

CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; POLYCHAETE; SYMBIOSIS;

ALVINELLA POMPEJANA; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP CITRATE (PRO-S)-LYASE; BACTERIA; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COSMIDS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE LIBRARY; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

ALVINELLA; ALVINELLA POMPEJANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0141816888     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5070-5078.2003     Document Type: Article

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