Transmission of nephridial bacteria of the earthworm Eisenia fetida

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 769-775

  Davidson, Seana K ^a   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

BACTERIAL ANCESTOR; EARTHWORM SPECIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LUMBRICID EARTHWORMS;

BACTERIA;

NEPHRIDIUM; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

EARTHWORM; EGG; EMBRYO; GENE; HATCHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACIDOVORAX; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARTHWORM; EGG; EGG CAPSULE; EISENIA FOETIDA; EMBRYO; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; HATCHING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MONOPHYLY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIONT; URINARY TRACT; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BACTERIUM; COMAMONADACEAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

ACIDOVORAX; ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMAMONADACEAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33644849729     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.769-775.2006     Document Type: Article

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