Dancing for food in the deep sea: Bacterial farming by a new species of Yeti crab

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Thurber, Andrew R ^a   Jones, William J ^b   Schnabel, Kareen ^c  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; FATTY ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DEEP SEA; EPIBIONT; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; KIWA PURAVIDA; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYMBIOSIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; BAYES THEOREM; BRACHYURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 82355170180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026243     Document Type: Article

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