Nematode-bacterium symbioses-cooperation and conflict revealed in the "omics" age

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-102

  Murfin, Kristen E ^a   Dillman, Adler R ^b   Foster, Jeremy M ^c   Bulgheresi, Silvia ^d   Slatko, Barton E ^c   Sternberg, Paul W ^b   Goodrich Blair, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NEMATODE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA;

EID: 84866360576     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv223n1p85     Document Type: Review

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