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| Olu, Karine; Von Cosel, R; Hourdez, S; Carney, S; Jollivet, D. |
| Deep-sea bivalves of the subfamily Bathymodiolinae (family Mytilidae) are very widespread and form dense beds in reduced environments such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Bathymodiolus mussels recently discovered on African cold seeps strangely resemble Gulf of Mexico and Barbados seep species. This raises intriguing questions regarding their taxonomic relationships and their dispersal capabilities across the Atlantic equatorial belt. The morphological study of the shell and soft parts of mussels from either sites of the Atlantic shows that they form two distinct groups: the Bathymodiolus boomerang group (also including Bathymodiolus heckerae and a species from Africa), and the Bathymodiolus childressi group (also including Bathymodiolus mauritanicus... |
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Palavras-chave: RDNA ITS2; Mitochondrial cytochrome oxydase; Amphi Atlantic species; Cold seeps; Bathymodiolus. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-4064.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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| Cosson, R; Thiebaut, E; Company, R; Castrec Rouelle, M; Colaco, A; Martins, I; Sarradin, Pierre-marie; Bebianno, M. |
| The variability of the bioaccumulation of metals (Ag, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) was extensively studied in the mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus from five hydrothermal vent sites inside three main vent fields of increasing depth along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Menez Gwen, Lucky Strike and Rainbow. Metal bioaccumulation varied greatly between vent fields and even between sites inside a vent field with B. azoricus showing a great capacity to accumulate metals. The bioaccumulation of these metals also varied significantly among tissues. The main target was the gills where metals were mainly associated with soluble compounds whereas in the digestive gland they were mainly associated with insoluble compounds. Storage of metals under insoluble forms in B. azoricus seems... |
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Palavras-chave: Bathymodiolus; Mytilids; Hydrothermal vents; Azores; Metals; Bioaccumulation. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-3954.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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| 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... |
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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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