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Tasiemski, Aurelie; Jung, Sascha; Boidin-wichlacz, Celine; Jollivet, Didier; Cuvillier-hot, Virginie; Pradillon, Florence; Vetriani, Costantino; Hecht, Oliver; Soennichsen, Frank D.; Gelhaus, Christoph; Hung, Chien-wen; Tholey, Andreas; Leippe, Matthias; Groetzinger, Joachim; Gaill, Francoise. |
The emblematic hydrothermal worm Alvinella pompejana is one of the most thermo tolerant animal known on Earth. It relies on a symbiotic association offering a unique opportunity to discover biochemical adaptations that allow animals to thrive in such a hostile habitat. Here, by studying the Pompeii worm, we report on the discovery of the first antibiotic peptide from a deep-sea organism, namely alvinellacin. After purification and peptide sequencing, both the gene and the peptide tertiary structures were elucidated. As epibionts are not cultivated so far and because of lethal decompression effects upon Alvinella sampling, we developed shipboard biological assays to demonstrate that in addition to act in the first line of defense against microbial invasion,... |
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Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00219/33052/31517.pdf |
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Lartaud, Franck; De Rafelis, Marc; Oliver, Graham; Krylova, Elena; Dyment, Jerome; Ildefonse, Benoit; Thibaud, Remy; Gente, Pascal; Hoise, Eva; Meistertzheim, Anne-leila; Fouquet, Yves; Gaill, Francoise; Le Bris, Nadine. |
Hydrothermal circulation at ultramafic-hosted sites supports a large variety of high-and low-temperature hydrothermal vents and associated ecosystems. The discovery of abundant fossil vesicomyid and thyasirid shell accumulations at the ridge crest, approximately 2.5 km east of the active Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR, 36 degrees 13'N), increased our knowledge regarding the diversity of vent communities at slow spreading ridges. Bivalve molluscs of the family Vesicomyidae were represented by the genus Phreagena. Here we present the first record of this genus in the Atlantic Ocean. This second vesicomyid species known from the MAR, Phreagena sp., was found to be associated with a Thyasira species that is affiliated with T. southwardae (at... |
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Palavras-chave: Ultramafic-hosted; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Bivalve shells; Vesicomyidae; Thyasiridae; Carbon and oxygen isotopes. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00012/12301/9093.pdf |
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Lartaud, Franck; Little, Crispin T. S.; De Rafelis, Marc; Bayon, Germain; Dyment, Jerome; Ildefonse, Benoit; Gressier, Vincent; Fouquet, Yves; Gaill, Francoise; Le Bris, Nadine. |
Among the deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites discovered in the past 30 years, Lost City on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is remarkable both for its alkaline fluids derived from mantle rock serpentinization and the spectacular seafloor carbonate chimneys precipitated from these fluids. Despite high concentrations of reduced chemicals in the fluids, this unique example of a serpentinite-hosted hydrothermal system currently lacks chemosynthetic assemblages dominated by large animals typical of high-temperature vent sites. Here we report abundant specimens of chemosymbiotic mussels, associated with gastropods and chemosymbiotic clams, in approximately 100 kyr old Lost City-like carbonates from the MAR close to the Rainbow site (36 degrees N). Our finding shows... |
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Palavras-chave: Bathymodiolus; Ghost City; Ultramafic-hosted; Mid-ocean ridge; Ecogeochemistry. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00036/14748/15832.pdf |
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Gaill, Francoise; Felbeck, Horst; Desbruyeres, Daniel; Lallier, Francois; Toulmond, A.; Alayse, Anne-marie; Briand, Patrick; Brulport, Jean-pierre; Caprais, Jean-claude; Chevaldonne, P.; Coail, Jean-yves; Cosson, R.; Crassous, Philippe; Delachambre, J.; Durif, C.; Echardour, L.; Herve, G.; Hourdez, Stephane; Jollivet, D.; Kerdoncuff, Jacques; Khripounoff, Alexis; Lechaire, J.p.; Pruski, Audrey; Ravaux, Juliette; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Shillito, Bruce; Toullec, J.y.; Arndt, C.; Fisher, C.; Lutz, Richard; Childress, J.. |
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Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00179/29003/27431.pdf |
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Duperron, Sebastien; Laurent, Melina Cz; Gaill, Francoise; Gros, Olivier. |
Six morphotypes of small mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) were found attached to naturally sunken wood collected in the Bohol Sea (Philippines). These specimens are related to the large Bathymodiolus mussels that are found worldwide at cold seeps and hydrothermal vents. In these habitats, the mytilids harbour sulphur- and methane-oxidizing endosymbionts in their gills and depend on the energy and carbon provided by the symbionts. In this study, bacteria associated with the gills of wood-associated mussels are characterized using molecular and microscopic techniques. The existence of bacteria in the lateral zone of gill filaments in all specimens is demonstrated. Comparative analyses of 16S rRNA gene and adenosine 5'-phosphosulphate (APS) reductase gene... |
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Palavras-chave: Sulphur-oxidizing bacteria; Bathymodiolus; Idas; Adipicola; Sunken woods; Bohol sea. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00466/57808/60093.pdf |
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Pailleret, Marie; Haga, Takuma; Petit, Patricia; Prive-gill, Catherine; Saedlou, Nima; Gaill, Francoise; Zbinden, Magali. |
Two trawl samples of natural sunken wood collected near Vanuatu were identified based on histological studies. Detailed descriptions were made and microphotographs of the cell types were taken, using the three classical sections (cross, tangential and radial). The botanical characters were compared first to the native flora of Vanuatu, then also to the introduced species. The possibility of transportation by ocean currents with a mainly southern and eastern direction is discussed. The first sample lacks apparent colonization marks. Its main histologic character is the presence of `paedomorphic type I rays' which relates it to the shrubby genera Fitchia (Asteraceae) and Fuchsia (Onagraceae): both are known in Polynesia but they seem not to be recorded from... |
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Palavras-chave: Associated fauna; Botanical identification; Sunken wood; Vanuatu; Wood-boring species. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00205/31627/30048.pdf |
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