Methanosaeta sp., the major archaeal endosymbiont of Metopus es

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 600-607

  Narayanan, Nimi ^a   Krishnakumar, Bhaskaran ^a   Anupama, Vijayakumari Nadaraja ^a   Manilal, Vattakkatt Balakrishnan ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Epifluorescence; Methanogens; Methanosaetae; Metopus; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; METHANE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH CURVE; INOCULATION; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOSAETA; METOPUS ES; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE CELL;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSAETA SP.; METOPUS; METOPUS ES;

EID: 70350347447     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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