Symbioses between deep-sea mussels (Mytilidae: Bathymodiolinae) and chemosynthetic bacteria: diversity, function and evolution

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 332, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 298-310

  Duperron, Sébastien ^a,b   Lorion, Julien ^a,b   Samadi, Sarah ^a,b   Gros, Olivier ^c   Gaill, Françoise ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Systématique adaptation évolution ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

Bathymodiolus; Cold seeps; Hydrothermal vents; Idas; Sunken woods; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COLD SEEP; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MUSSEL CULTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTEROIDES; BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; CHIMNEY; COLD SEEP SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GILL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MUSSEL; MYTILIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVIA; EVOLUTION; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFUR; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BATHYMODIOLINAE; BATHYMODIOLUS; CETACEA; IDAS; MYTILIDAE;

EID: 61849135409     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.08.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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