The dominant detritus-feeding invertebrate in Arctic peat soils derives its essential amino acids from gut symbionts

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1275-1285

  Larsen, Thomas ^a,b   Ventura, Marc ^c   Maraldo, Kristine ^a   Triadó Margarit, Xavier ^c   Casamayor, Emilio O ^c   Wang, Yiming V ^b   Andersen, Nils ^b   O'Brien, Diane M ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelids; Chthoniobacterales; Flammeovirgaceae; nutritional symbiosis; oligochaetes; soil food web; white potworms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID; ANNELID; BACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DIET; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PEAT SOIL; SOIL FAUNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; GENETICS; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALASKA; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; OLIGOCHAETA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCTIC;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; FLAMMEOVIRGACEAE; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 85027942061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12563     Document Type: Article

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