Evolutionary innovation: A bone-eating marine symbiosis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1369-1378

  Goffredi, Shana K ^a,f   Orphan, Victoria J ^b,f   Rouse, Greg W ^c,d   Jahnke, Linda ^b   Embaye, Tsegeria ^b   Turk, Kendra ^b   Lee, Ray ^e   Vrijenhoek, Robert C ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BONE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE AND BONES; DNA; EVOLUTION; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OCEANOSPIRILLALES; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 23944444296     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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