Free-living tube worm endosymbionts found at deep-sea vents
Free-living tube worm endosymbionts found at deep-sea vents
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DOI：
10.1128/aem.02470-07
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
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4.4
通讯作者：
Cavanaugh, Colleen M.
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作者：
Harmer, Tara L.;Rotjan, Randi D.;Cavanaugh, Colleen M.
Recent evidence suggests that deep-sea vestimentiferan tube worms acquire their endosymbiotic bacteria from the environment each generation; thus, free-living symbionts should exist. Here, free-living tube worm symbiont phylotypes were detected in vent seawater and in biofilms at multiple deep-sea vent habitats by PCR amplification, DNA sequence analysis, and fluorescence in situ hybridization. These findings support environmental transmission as a means of symbiont acquisition for deep-sea tube worms.
