Metatranscriptomic analysis of sulfur oxidation genes in the endosymbiont of Solemya velum

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Stewart, Frank J ^a   Dmytrenko, Oleg ^b   Delong, Edward F ^c   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosynthesis; Endosymbiosis; Gene expression; Sulfide; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858444651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00134     Document Type: Article

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