| Literature DB >> 18408062 |
Tara L Harmer1, Randi D Rotjan, Andrea D Nussbaumer, Monika Bright, Andrew W Ng, Eric G DeChaine, Colleen M Cavanaugh.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18408062 PMCID: PMC2446571 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02470-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792