Linking hydrothermal geochemistry to organismal physiology: Physiological versatility in riftia pachyptila from sedimented and basalt-hosted vents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Robidart, Julie C ^a   Roque, Annelys ^b   Song, Pengfei ^c   Girguis, Peter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; ADENYLATE KINASE; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHAPERONIN; CHAPERONIN CONTAINING TCP1; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; FERREDOXIN; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; HEMERYTHRIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN D; HISTONE H4; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PORIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SULFUR; TAUROCYAMINE KINASE; NITROGEN; SILICATE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIROMETRY; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA; SEDIMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFATION; SYMBIONT; UPREGULATION; WORM; ANIMAL; BASALT; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SYMBIOSIS;

RIFTIA; RIFTIA PACHYPTILA;

ANIMALS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; NITROGEN; POLYCHAETA; SILICATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79960330190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021692     Document Type: Article

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