Metatranscriptomics reveal differences in in situ energy and nitrogen metabolism among hydrothermal vent snail symbionts

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1556-1567

  Sanders, J G ^a   Beinart, R A ^a   Stewart, F J ^b   Delong, E F ^c   Girguis, P R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alviniconcha; Chemoautotrophy; Hydrothermal vents; Metatranscriptomics; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DEEP SEA; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SNAIL; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SNAIL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLAGELLA; HYDROGEN; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SNAILS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALVINICONCHA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84880917958     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.45     Document Type: Article

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