Niphargus-Thiothrix associations may be widespread in sulphidic groundwater ecosystems: Evidence from southeastern Romania

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1405-1417

  Flot, Jean François ^a,b   Bauermeister, Jan ^a   Brad, Traian ^c   Hillebrand Voiculescu, Alexandra ^c   Sarbu, Serban M ^d   Dattagupta, Sharmishtha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^c EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^d Grupul de Explorari Subacvatice si Speologice   (Romania)

Author keywords

amphipods; ecology; sulphide; symbiosis; systematics; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NIPHARGIDAE; NIPHARGUS; THIOTHRIX;

BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROMANIA; SULPHIDE; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; THIOTHRIX;

AMPHIPODS; ECOLOGY; SULPHIDE; SYMBIOSIS; SYSTEMATICS; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROMANIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR; SYMBIOSIS; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 84896322097     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12461     Document Type: Article

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