Widespread occurrence of two carbon fixation pathways in tubeworm endosymbionts: lessons from hydrothermal vent associated tubeworms from the Mediterranean Sea

Widespread occurrence of two carbon fixation pathways in tubeworm endosymbionts: lessons from hydrothermal vent associated tubeworms from the Mediterranean Sea

Vestimentiferan tubeworms (siboglinid polychaetes) of the genus Lamellibrachia are common members of cold-seep faunal communities and have also been found at sedimented hydrothermal vent sites in the Pacific. As they lack a digestive system, they are nourished by chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbi...

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Main Authors: Vera eThiel, Michael eHügler, Martina eBlümel, Heike I. Baumann, Andrea eGärtner, Rolf eSchmaljohann, Harald eStrauss, Dieter eGarbe-Schönberg, Sven ePetersen, Dominique A. Cowart, Charles R. Fisher, Johannes F. Imhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Mediterranean Sea
carbon fixation
hyrdrothermal vent
vestimentiferan tubeworm
endosymbiont
rTCA
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00423/full

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