Characterization of a Novel Spirochete Associated with the Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Annelid, Alvinella pompejana

• Author: Barbara J. CampbellS. Craig CaryApplied and Environmental Microbiology
• Subject: Science and Technology
• Institution Name: SERC
• Collection: Microbial Life (MLER) (SERC)
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

• Abstract: This Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal article reports the characterization of a novel microbe associated with the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Alvinella pompejana, the most thermotolerant and eurythermal metazoan yet described. The results of the study support the hypothesis that some of the epibionts of A. pompejana are chemoheterotrophic.

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• Languages: English
• Material Types: Readings
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