Marine free-living nematodes associated with symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea canyons of north-east Atlantic Ocean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1257-1271

  Tchesunov, Alexei V ^a   Ingels, Jeroen ^b   Popova, Ekaterina V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Astomonema; bathyal; chemoautotrophy; description; free living nematodes; new species; Parabostrichus; Stilbonematinae; symbiotic bacteria; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CANYON; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DEEP SEA; HYDROCARBON SEEP; MARINE SEDIMENT; METHANE; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; POCKMARK; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; WOUNDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); NORTH SEA;

ASTOMONEMA; ASTOMONEMA SOUTHWARDORUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESMODORIDA; DESMODORIDAE; EUBOSTRICHUS; GOLLUM; NEMATODA; PROKARYOTA; STILBONEMATINAE;

EID: 84865998219     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411002116     Document Type: Article

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