Symbioses between marine nematodes and sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacteria

Symbiosis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-126

  Ott, Jörg ^a   Bright, Monika ^a   Bulgheresi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemoautotrophic bacteria; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Sulfide system; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; NEMATODE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; STILBONEMATINAE;

EID: 2542427835     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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