An anaerobic world in sponges

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Hoffmann, Friederike ^a,b   Larsen, Ole ^b,c   Thiel, Volker ^a   Rapp, Hans Tore ^d   Pape, Thomas ^e   Michaelis, Walter ^e   Reitner, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DHW Water and Environment ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geodia barretti; Microelectrodes; Oxygen profiles; Porifera; Sponge associated microbes; SRR; Sulfate reduction rates; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; SPONGE; SULFATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOARCULUS; DESULFOMONILE; GEODIA; GEODIA BARRETTI; PORIFERA; SYNTROPHUS;

EID: 17744385297     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450590922505     Document Type: Article

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