Prokaryotic Cells in the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila Jones: Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts
1981; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 213; Issue: 4505 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1126/science.213.4505.340
ISSN1095-9203
AutoresColleen M. Cavanaugh, Stephen L. Gardiner, Meredith L. Jones, Holger W. Jannasch, John Waterbury,
Tópico(s)Isotope Analysis in Ecology
ResumoThe existence of a symbiotic association between vestimentiferan tube worms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing prokaryotes, based on histological and enzymatic evidence, is suggested.
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