Chemosynthetic bacteria found in bivalve species from mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz

As in other cold seeps, the dominant bivalves in mud volcanoes (MV) from the Gulf of Cadiz are macrofauna belonging to the families Solemyidae (Acharax sp., Petrasma sp.), Lucinidae (Lucinoma sp.), Thyasiridae (Thyasira vulcolutre) and Mytilidae (Bathymodiolus mauritanicus). The delta 13C values mea...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, Clara F. (author)
Other Authors: Webster, Gordon (author), Cunha, Marina R. (author), Duperron, Sebastien (author), Weightman, Andrew J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
Subjects:
symbiosis
nutrition
bivalves
mud volcanoes
bacterial 16S rRNA genes
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6509
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6509

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6509

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