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| Riou, V.; Halary, S.; Duperron, S.; Bouillon, S.; Elskens, M.; Bettencourt, R.; Santos, R. S.; Dehairs, F.; Colaco, A.. |
| High densities of mussels of the genus Bathymodiolus are present at hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It was previously proposed that the chemistry at vent sites would affect their sulphide- and methane-oxidizing endosymbionts' abundance. In this study, we confirmed the latter assumption using fluorescence in situ hybridization on Bathymodiolus azoricus specimens maintained in a controlled laboratory environment at atmospheric pressure with one, both or none of the chemical substrates. A high level of symbiosis plasticity was observed, methane-oxidizers occupying between 4 and 39% of total bacterial area and both symbionts developing according to the presence or absence of their substrates. Using (HCO3-)-C-13 in the presence of sulphide, or... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid-atlantic ridge; Hydrocarbon-seep mussel; Deep-sea mussels; Hydrothermal-vent; Puteoserpentis bivalvia; Mytilidae; Methane; Endosymbionts; Bacteria; Metabolism. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00207/31865/30271.pdf |
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| Larkin, K.e.; Rhul, H.a.; Bagley, P.; Benn, A.; Bett, B.j.; Billett, D.s.m.; Boetius, A.; Chevaldonné, P.; Colaco, A.; Copley, J.; Danovaro, R.; Escobar-briones, E.; Glover, A.; Gooday, A.j.; Hugues, J.a.; Kalogeropoulou, V.; Kelly-gerreyn, B.a.; Kitazato, H.; Klages, M.; Lampadariou, N.; Lejeusne, C.; Perez, T.; Priede, I.g.; Rogers, A.; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Sarrazin, Jozee; Soltwedel, T.; Soto, E.h.; Thatje, S.; Tselepides, A.; Tyler, P.a.; Van Den Hove, S.; Vanreusel, A.; Wenzhofer, F.. |
| The responsiveness of benthic biological communities to climatic drivers and shifts makes them powerful indicators of biogeochemical and other environmental change in the oceans. In addition, benthic ecosystems have an economic value and are considered a vital marine resource. However deep-sea faunal dynamics and ecosystem functioning is not well defined. This has placed a higher priority in recent years on developing and sustaining long-term, time-series studies of benthic biodiversity, rate processes, and ecosystem change in deep-sea and extreme habitats. A few key long-term time-series sites exist across the global Ocean. Many of these sites are reviewed in this paper. However, much of the existing research is uncoordinated and the data collected are... |
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| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00280/39112/37665.pdf |
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| Martins, I.; Colaco, A.; Santos, Raphael; Lesongeur, Francoise; Godfroy, Anne; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Cosson, R. P.. |
| The edifice walls of the Eiffel Tower hydrothermal vent site (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Lucky Strike vent field) are populated with dense communities of dual symbioses harboring vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus, some of which are covered by white filamentous mats belonging to sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Mussels were collected in both the presence and absence of the filamentous bacteria. A sample of the filamentous bacteria was collected and water measurements of temperature, CH4 and H2S were recorded at the collection area. The whole soft tissues were analyzed for total lipid, carbohydrate and total protein. Metallothioneins and metals (Cu, Fe and Zn) levels were determined in the major organs. The results showed no significant physiological and toxicological... |
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Palavras-chave: Vent mussel; Metals; Metallothioneins; Filamentous bacteria; Eiffel Tower; Biomarkers. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-6821.pdf |
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| Riou, V.; Bouillon, S.; Serrao Santos, R.; Dehairs, F.; Colaco, A.. |
| Bathymodiolus azoricus mussels thrive at Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents, where part of their energy requirements are met via an endosymbiotic association with chemolithotrophic and methanotrophic bacteria. In an effort to describe phenotypic characteristics of the two bacterial endosymbionts and to assess their ability to assimilate CO2, CH4 and multi-carbon compounds, we performed experiments in aquaria using C-13-labeled NaHCO3 (in the presence of H2S), CH4 or amino-acids and traced the incorporation of C-13 into total and phospholipid fatty acids (tFA and PLFA, respectively). 14:0; 15:0; 16:0; 16:1(n - 7) c+t; 18:1(n - 13) c+t and (n - 7) c+t; 20:1(n - 7); 20:2(n - 9,15); 18:3(n - 7) and (n - 5,10,13) PLFA were labeled in the presence of... |
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Palavras-chave: Mid atlantic ridge; Mussel bathymodiolus azoricus; Methanotrophic bacteria; Marine invertebrates; Diversity; Organic compounds; Lipid composition; Dual symbiosis; Methane; Biomarkers. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00207/31868/30275.pdf |
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