Bacterial communities associated with the Southern Ocean vent gastropod, Gigantopelta chessoia: indication of horizontal symbiont transfer
Recently discovered hydrothermal vents of the East Scotia Ridge (ESR) in the Southern Ocean host unique faunal communities that depend on microbial chemosynthetic primary production. These highly abundant invertebrates gain energy from either grazing on free-living microbes or via hosting symbiotic...
Published in: | Polar Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Springer
2017
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Online Access: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31407/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2148-6 |