Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7114, 2006, Pages 950-955

  Woyke, Tanja ^a,b   Teeling, Hanno ^c   Ivanova, Natalia N ^a   Huntemann, Marcel ^c   Richter, Michael ^c   Gloeckner, Frank Oliver ^c,d   Boffelli, Dario ^a,b   Anderson, Iain J ^a   Barry, Kerrie W ^a   Shapiro, Harris J ^a   Szeto, Ernest ^a   Kyrpides, Nikos C ^a   Mussmann, Marc ^c   Amann, Rudolf ^c   Bergin, Claudia ^c   Ruehland, Caroline ^c   Rubin, Edward M ^a,b   Dubilier, Nicole ^c  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION;

EXCRETORY SYSTEM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; OLIGOCHAETE OLAVIUS ALGARVENSIS;

GENES;

CARBON; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ADAPTATION; ANNELID; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENOMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXCRETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OLAVIUS OLGARVENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANNELIDA; EUKARYOTA; OLAVIUS ALGARVENSIS;

EID: 33750431080     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05192     Document Type: Article

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