Microbial symbiosis in Annelida

Symbiosis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-45

  Bright, Monika ^a   Giere, Olav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alvinella; Bacterial phylotypes; Inanidrilus; Methanotrophic; Nephridia; Olavius; Siboglinidae; Symbiosis; Thiotrophic

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BACTERIUM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALVINELLA; ALVINELLIDAE; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; INANIDRILUS; OLAVIUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POGONOPHORA; POLYCHAETA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; SIBOGLINIDAE; SPIROCHAETA; TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 13444311999     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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