First detection of thiotrophic symbiont phylotypes in the pelagic marine environment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Heindl, Niels R ^a   Gruber Vodicka, Harald R ^a   Bayer, Christoph ^a   Lücker, Sebastian ^a   Ott, Joerg A ^a   Bulgheresi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gammaproteobacteria; Nematode; Pelagic; Sulfur oxidizing bacteria; Symbiosis; Thiotrophic

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SHALLOW WATER; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARIBBEAN REGION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960822363     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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