Gut-associated microbial symbionts of the marsh fiddler crab, Uca pugnax

(cont.) bacterial phylotypes. An exception was the U. pugnax hindgut phylotype most closely related to a phylotype identified from hindguts of the detritivorous shrimp Neotrypaea califomiensis. This finding suggests that detritivorous crustacean hindguts may provide an ecological niche for specific bacterial phylotypes. Functionally, resident bacteria, particularly in the hindgut, may contribute to total enzyme activity in the gut of their host.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2004

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• Gulmann, Lara K.

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• Lauren S. Mullineaux.

• Biology.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28678

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