Unidentified extracellular prokaryotes within the byssal threads of the deep-sea vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-513

  Kadar E ^a   Azevedo, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus; Byssus; Filamentous bacteria; Hydrothermal vent; Parasite

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIVALVE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIVALVIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33748712391     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000357     Document Type: Article

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