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| Duperron, Sebastien; Halary, S; Lorion, J; Sibuet, Myriam; Gaill, F. |
| Bathymodioline mussels occur in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems such as cold seeps, hydrothermal vents and organic debris worldwide. Their key adaptation to these environments is their association with bacterial endosymbionts which ensure a chemosynthetic primary production based on the oxidation of reduced compounds such as methane and sulfide. We herein report a multiple symbiosis involving six distinct bacterial 16S rRNA phylotypes, including two belonging to groups not yet reported as symbionts in mytilids, in a small Idas mussel found on carbonate crusts in a cold seep area located north to the Nile deep-sea fan (Eastern Mediterranean). Symbionts co-occur within hosts bacteriocytes based on fluorescence in situ hybridizations, and sequencing of... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Eastern Mediterranean; Cold seeps; Bathymodiolus; Idas; Mytilidae; Symbiosis. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3928.pdf |
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