A complex picture of associations between two host mussels and symbiotic bacteria in the Northeast Atlantic

Among chemosymbiotic metazoans found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and organic falls, members of the mussel clade Bathymodiolinae (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) have evolved interactions with a higher diversity of bacterial lineages than other bivalve groups. Here, we characterized the bacteria...

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Main Author: Rodrigues, CF (author)
Other Authors: Cunha, MR (author), Genio, L (author), Duperron, S (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Bathymodiolinae
Symbiosis
Organic falls
Cold seeps
Idas
Bathymodiolus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13516
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/13516

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/13516

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