Ancient Occasional Host Switching of Maternally Transmitted Bacterial Symbionts of Chemosynthetic Vesicomyid Clams
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DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx166
Abstract: Abstract Vesicomyid clams in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems harbor sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in their gill epithelial cells. These symbionts, which are vertically transmitted, are species-specific and thought to have cospeciated with their hosts. However, recent studies indicate… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; host switching; vesicomyid clams; host ... See more keywords