A molluscan class struggle: exploring the surprisingly uneven distribution of chemosymbiosis among two major mollusk groups
Many bivalves and gastropods from marine reducing environments such as deep ocean hydrothermal vents and seeps host chemosynthetic bacteria in a nutritional symbiosis. Despite their functional similarities, the distribution of chemosymbiosis in these two mollusk classes is surprisingly uneven: the n...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1167803/full |