Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2008
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.
Publication Title
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
74
Issue
12
First Page
3895
Last Page
3898
Recommended Citation
Harmer, Tara L.; Rotjan, Randi D.; Nussbaumer, Andrea D.; Bright, Monika; Ng, Andrew W.; DeChaine, Eric G.; and Cavanaugh, Colleen M., "Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents" (2008). Biology Faculty and Staff Publications. 6.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/biology_facpubs/6
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Tube worms; Endosymbiosis; Hydrothermal vents
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
