Symbiont-host relationships in chemosynthetic mussels: A comprehensive lipid biomarker study

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-124

  Kellermann, Matthias Y ^a   Schubotz, Florence ^a,d   Elvert, Marcus ^a   Lipp, Julius S ^a   Birgel, Daniel ^a,c   Prieto Mollar, Xavier ^a   Dubilier, Nicole ^b   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS; BACTERIOHOPANEPOLYOLS; CARBON ASSIMILATION; CARBON SOURCE; COLD SEEPS; GILL TISSUES; HEAD GROUPS; HOLISTIC VIEW; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIPID BIOMARKERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MUSSEL SPECIES; MUSSEL TISSUE; ORGANIC INPUTS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; SIDE-CHAINS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; THERMOPHILUS; TUBEWORMS;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANE; NUTRITION; SULFUR; TISSUE;

SHELLFISH;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLD SEEP; FATTY ACID; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LIPID; METHANOTROPHY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS BROOKSI; BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI; BATHYMODIOLUS THERMOPHILUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SULFUR-OXIDIZING SYMBIONTS;

EID: 84455202376     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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