Reduced Genome of the Thioautotrophic Intracellular Symbiont in a Deep-Sea Clam, Calyptogena okutanii

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 881-886

  Kuwahara, Hirokazu ^a,b   Yoshida, Takao ^a   Takaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Shimamura, Shigeru ^a   Nishi, Shinro ^a   Harada, Maiko ^a,c   Matsuyama, Kazuyo ^a   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Kawato, Masaru ^a   Uematsu, Katsuyuki ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^a   Sato, Takako ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^a   Kitagawa, Masanari ^d   Kato, Ikunoshin ^d   Maruyama, Tadashi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d Dragon Genomics Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

SYSBIO

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SULFUR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIVALVIA; CARBON; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SULFUR; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA; CALYPTOGENA OKUTANII;

EID: 34247876090     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.04.039     Document Type: Article

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