The transcriptome of Bathymodiolus azoricus gill reveals expression of genes from endosymbionts and free-living deep-sea bacteria

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1765-1783

  Egas, Conceição ^a   Pinheiro, Miguel ^a   Gomes, Paula ^a   Barroso, Cristina ^a   Bettencourt, Raul ^b  

^a Biocant Biotechnology Innovation Centre   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus azoricus; Deep sea; Lucky strike; Methanotrophic endosymbiont; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Mussel; Sulfurovum; Thiotrophic endosymbiont

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RNA 16S; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GILL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SULFUROVUM LIKE EPSILONBACTERIUM; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; THIOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; TISSUE SECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; SULFUROVUM;

EID: 84865967880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10081765     Document Type: Article

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