Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents Export

@article{citeulike:2890772, abstract = {Recent evidence suggests that deep-sea vestimentiferan tube worms acquire their endosymbiotic bacteria from the environment each generation; thus, free-living symbionts should exist. Here, free-living tube worm symbiont phylotypes were detected in vent seawater and in biofilms at multiple deep-sea vent habitats by PCR amplification, DNA sequence analysis, and fluorescence in situ hybridization. These findings support environmental transmission as a means of symbiont acquisition for deep-sea tube worms. 10.1128/AEM.02470-07}, author = {Harmer, Tara L. and Rotjan, Randi D. and Nussbaumer, Andrea D. and Bright, Monika and Ng, Andrew W. and Dechaine, Eric G. and Cavanaugh, Colleen M.}, citeulike-article-id = {2890772}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02470-07}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/74/12/3895}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18408062}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18408062}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1128/AEM.02470-07}, journal = {Appl. Environ. Microbiol.}, keywords = {aem, hydrothermal, symbiont}, month = {June}, number = {12}, pages = {3895--3898}, posted-at = {2008-06-13 09:33:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02470-07}, volume = {74}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2890772 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2890772 N2 - Recent evidence suggests that deep-sea vestimentiferan tube worms acquire their endosymbiotic bacteria from the environment each generation; thus, free-living symbionts should exist. Here, free-living tube worm symbiont phylotypes were detected in vent seawater and in biofilms at multiple deep-sea vent habitats by PCR amplification, DNA sequence analysis, and fluorescence in situ hybridization. These findings support environmental transmission as a means of symbiont acquisition for deep-sea tube worms. 10.1128/AEM.02470-07 IS - 12 JF - Appl. Environ. Microbiol. EP - 3898 TI - Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents VL - 74 SP - 3895 KW - aem KW - hydrothermal KW - symbiont AU - Harmer, Tara AU - Rotjan, Randi AU - Nussbaumer, Andrea AU - Bright, Monika AU - Ng, Andrew AU - Dechaine, Eric AU - Cavanaugh, Colleen PY - 2008/06/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02470-07 ER -