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Siboglinid-bacteria endosymbiosis: A model system for studying symbiotic mechanisms


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dc.contributorScott Santos, santosr@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorThornhill, Daniel J
dc.creatorFielman, Kevin T
dc.creatorSantos, Scott R
dc.creatorHalanych, Kenneth M
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-29T21:32:25Z
dc.date.available2019-04-29T21:32:25Z
dc.date.created2008
dc.identifier10.4161/cib.1.2.7108en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4161/cib.1.2.7108en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11200/49387
dc.description.abstractSiboglinid worms are a group of gutless marine annelids which are nutritionally dependent upon endosymbiotic bacteria.1,2 Four major groups of siboglinids are known including vestimentiferans, Osedax spp., frenulates and moniliferans.3-5 Very little is known about the diversity of bacterial endosymbionts associated with frenulate or monoliferan siboglinids. This lack of knowledge is surprising considering the global distribution of siboglinids; this system is likely among the most common symbioses in the deep sea. At least three distinct clades of endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacteria associate with siboglinid annelids.6 Frenulates harbor a clade of gamma-proteobacteria that are divergent from both the thiotrophic bacteria of vestimentiferans and monoliferans as well as the heterotrophic bacteria of Osedax spp.6,7 We also discuss priorities for future siboglinid research and the need to move beyond descriptive studies. A promising new method, laser-capture microdissection (LCM), allows for the precise excision of tissue regions of interest.8 This method, when used in concert with molecular and genomic techniques, such as Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) surveys using pyrosequencing technology, will likely enable investigations into physiological processes and mechanisms in these symbioses. Furthermore, adopting a comparative approach using different siboglinid groups, such as worms harboring thiotrophic versus methanotrophic endosymbionts, may yield considerable insight into the ecology and evolution of the Siboglinidae.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.format.extent4 Pagesen_US
dc.publisherNational Science Foundationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCommunicative & Integrative Biologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1942-0889en_US
dc.rights© 2008. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectendosymbionten_US
dc.subjectFrenulataen_US
dc.subjectOsedaxen_US
dc.subjectPogonophoraen_US
dc.subjectSiboglinidaeen_US
dc.subjectsymbiosisen_US
dc.subjectVestimentiferaen_US
dc.subjectγ-proteobacteria symbionten_US
dc.titleSiboglinid-bacteria endosymbiosis: A model system for studying symbiotic mechanismsen_US
dc.typeCollectionen_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume1en_US
dc.citation.issue2en_US
dc.citation.spage163en_US
dc.citation.epage166en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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