Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

N Dubilier, C Bergin, C Lott - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
Chemosynthetic symbioses between bacteria and marine invertebrates were discovered 30
years ago at hydrothermal vents on the Galapagos Rift. Remarkably, it took the discovery of …

[HTML][HTML] Macro-ecology of cold seeps in the South China Sea

X Wang, H Guan, JW Qiu, T Xu, J Peckmann… - Geosystems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
After nearly 20 years of exploration, various areas of the seafloor with hydrocarbon seepage
have been discovered in the South China Sea (SCS). Through linking subsurface and …

Adaption to hydrogen sulfide-rich environments: Strategies for active detoxification in deep-sea symbiotic mussels, Gigantidas platifrons

Y Sun, M Wang, Z Zhong, H Chen, H Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The deep-sea mussel Gigantidas platifrons is a representative species that relies on
nutrition provided by chemoautotrophic endosymbiotic bacteria to survive in both …

Adaptive radiation of chemosymbiotic deep-sea mussels

J Lorion, S Kiel, B Faure, M Kawato… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Adaptive radiations present fascinating opportunities for studying the evolutionary process.
Most cases come from isolated lakes or islands, where unoccupied ecological space is filled …

A new species of deep-sea mussel (Bivalvia: Mytilidae: Gigantidas) from the South China Sea: morphology, phylogenetic position, and gill-associated microbes

T Xu, D Feng, J Tao, JW Qiu - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new species of deep-sea mussel, Gigantidas haimaensis n. sp., was described from the
Haima Cold Seep on the northwestern slope of the South China Sea. This new species …

Formation of seep carbonates along the Makran convergent margin, northern Arabian Sea and a molecular and isotopic approach to constrain the carbon isotopic …

T Himmler, D Birgel, G Bayon, T Pape, L Ge… - Chemical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Authigenic carbonate deposits have been sampled with the remotely operated vehicle
'MARUM-QUEST 4000 m'from five methane seeps between 731 and 1823 m water depth …

Methanotrophic symbioses in marine invertebrates

JM Petersen, N Dubilier - Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Symbioses between marine animals and aerobic methane‐oxidizing bacteria are found at
hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in the deep sea where reduced, methane‐rich fluids mix …

Insights into symbiotic interactions from metatranscriptome analysis of deep‐sea mussel Gigantidas platifrons under long‐term laboratory maintenance

Y Sun, M Wang, H Chen, H Wang, Z Zhong… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Symbioses between invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria are of fundamental
importance in deep‐sea ecosystems, but the mechanisms that enable their symbiont …

An overview of chemosynthetic symbioses in bivalves from the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

S Duperron, SM Gaudron, CF Rodrigues… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Deep-sea bivalves found at hydrothermal vents, cold seeps and organic falls are sustained
by chemosynthetic bacteria that ensure part or all of their carbon nutrition. These symbioses …

Lifecycle ecology of deep-sea chemosymbiotic mussels: a review

SR Laming, SM Gaudron, S Duperron - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mussels within the subfamily Bathymodiolinae, in particular the larger Bathymodiolus
species (sensu lato) thriving at cold seeps and hydrothermal vents, are among the most …