Affiliations between bacteria and marine fish leeches (Piscicolidae), with emphasis on a deep-sea species from Monterey Canyon, CA

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2429-2444

  Goffredi, S K ^a   Morella, N M ^a   Pulcrano, M E ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; LEECH; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CALIFORNIA; FISHES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LEECHES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

AUSTROBDELLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANCHELLION; ELASMOBRANCHII; FRESHWATER LEECH; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; PISCICOLIDAE; PSYCHROMONAS;

EID: 84865781445     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02798.x     Document Type: Article

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