Common trends in mutualism revealed by model associations between invertebrates and bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-58

  Chaston, John ^a   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Chitin; Cooperation; Lectin; Species specificity; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; LECTIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; EARTHWORM; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOST; INVERTEBRATE; LEECH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 71549134971     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00193.x     Document Type: Review

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