Publication Details |
Category | Text Publication |
Reference Category | Journals |
DOI | 10.1038/ismej.2013.5 |
Title (Primary) | Shift from widespread symbiont infection of host tissues to specific colonization of gills in juvenile deep-sea mussels |
Author | Wentrup, C.; Wendeberg, A.; Huang, J.Y.; Borowski, C.; Dubilier, N. |
Source Titel | ISME Journal |
Year | 2013 |
Department | UMB |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 6 |
Page From | 1244 |
Page To | 1247 |
Language | englisch |
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Keywords | Bathymodiolus; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; symbiont transmission; hydrothermal vents |
UFZ wide themes | RU3; |
Abstract | The deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus harbors
chemosynthetic bacteria in its gills that provide it with nutrition. Symbiont
colonization is assumed to occur in early life stages by uptake from the
environment, but little is known about this process. In this study, we used
fluorescence in situ hybridization to examine symbiont distribution and
the specificity of the infection process in juvenile B. azoricus and
B. puteoserpentis (4–21 mm).
In the smallest juveniles, we observed symbionts, but no other bacteria, in a
wide range of epithelial tissues. This suggests that despite the widespread
distribution of symbionts in many different juvenile organs, the infection
process is highly specific and limited to the symbiotic bacteria. Juveniles |
Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=13805 |
Wentrup, C., Wendeberg, A., Huang, J.Y., Borowski, C., Dubilier, N. (2013): Shift from widespread symbiont infection of host tissues to specific colonization of gills in juvenile deep-sea mussels ISME J. 7 (6), 1244 - 1247 10.1038/ismej.2013.5 |