Novel Insights on Obligate Symbiont Lifestyle and Adaptation to Chemosynthetic Environment as Revealed by the Giant Tubeworm Genome
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab347
Abstract: Abstract The mutualism between the giant tubeworm Riftia pachyptila and its endosymbiont Candidatus Endoriftia persephone has been extensively researched over the past 40 years. However, the lack of the host whole-genome information has impeded the full… read more here.
Keywords: giant tubeworm; environment; tubeworm; gene ... See more keywords
Biodiversity and trophic ecology of hydrothermal vent fauna associated with tubeworm assemblages on the Juan de Fuca Ridge
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DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-2629-2018
Abstract: Abstract. Hydrothermal vent sites along the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the north-east Pacific host dense populations of Ridgeia piscesae tubeworms that promote habitat heterogeneity and local diversity. A detailed description of the biodiversity and… read more here.
Keywords: tubeworm; fuca ridge; structure; ecology ... See more keywords