Characterizing the plasticity of nitrogen metabolism by the host and symbionts of the hydrothermal vent chemoautotrophic symbioses Ridgeia piscesae

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1544-1557

  Liao, Li ^a,b   Wankel, Scott D ^c   Wu, Min ^d   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^a   Girguis, Peter R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

hydrothermal vent; nitrogen; Ridgeia; symbiosis; tubeworm

Indexed keywords

RIDGEIA; RIDGEIA PISCESAE; TUBICOLAE;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; GENETICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYCHAETA; RIDGEIA; SYMBIOSIS; TUBEWORM;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NITROGEN; RIDGEIA; SYMBIOSIS; TUBEWORM;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHENOTYPE; POLYCHAETA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84896354551     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12460     Document Type: Article

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