Chemosynthetic bacteria found in bivalve species from mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 486-499

  Rodrigues, Clara F ^a,b   Webster, Gordon ^c   Cunha, Marina R ^a   Duperron, Sébastien ^b   Weightman, Andrew J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacterial 16S rRNA genes; bivalves; mud volcanoes; nutrition; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; COLD SEEP; ENDOSYMBIONT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MUD VOLCANO; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; BACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIVALVIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS MAURITANICUS; BIVALVIA; LUCINIDAE; LUCINOMA; MYTILIDAE; SOLEMYA; SOLEMYIDAE; SOLEMYOIDA; THYASIRA; THYASIRIDAE;

EID: 77955254287     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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