Microbial diversity in Frenulata (Siboglinidae, Polychaeta) species from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)

Frenulates are a group of gutless marine annelids belonging to the Siboglinidae that are nutritionally dependent upon endosymbiotic bacteria. We have characterized the bacteria associated with several frenulate species from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz by PCR-DGGE of bacterial 16S rRNA genes,...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, Clara F. (author)
Other Authors: Hilario, Ana (author), Cunha, Marina R. (author), Weightman, Andrew J. (author), Webster, Gordon (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
Subjects:
Frenulata
Siboglinidae
Bacteria
Gulf of Cadiz
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/4449
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/4449

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/4449

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