Filamentous bacteria inhabiting the sheaths of marine Thioploca spp. on the Chilean continental shelf

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Teske, Andreas ^a,b   Jørgensen, Bo B ^c,d   Gallardo, Victor A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Desulfonema; Endobionts; Filamentous bacteria; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfur cycle; Thioploca

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL MAT; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOMASS; CHILE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECIES HABITAT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; THIOPLACA; THIOPLOCA ARAUCAE; THIOPLOCA CHILEAE;

CHILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; THIOTRICHACEAE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFONEMA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 64149094885     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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