Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4381-4386

  Zhang, Fan ^a   Blasiak, Leah C ^a   Karolin, Jan O ^b   Powell, Ryan J ^a   Geddes, Chris D ^b   Hill, Russell T ^a   Karl, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial symbionts; Phosphorus sequestration; Polyphosphate; Sponge

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOPROTEIN; RNA 16S; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE SPECIES; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS SEQUESTRATION; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYMBIONT; VTC4 GENE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEFS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATES; PORIFERA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84929493840     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423768112     Document Type: Article

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