Fate of Nitrate Acquired by the Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila

The hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila lacks a mouth and gut and lives in association with intracellular, sulfide-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacteria. Growth of this tubeworm requires an exogenous source of nitrogen for biosynthesis, and, as determined in previous studies, environmental am...

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Main Authors: Girguis, Peter R., Lee, Raymond W., Desaulniers, Nicole, Childress, James J., Pospesel, Mark, Felbeck, Horst, Zal, Franck
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
Subjects:
Invertebrate Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC92073/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10877768
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