Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts
Abstract Background Marine symbioses are predominantly established through horizontal acquisition of microbial symbionts from the environment. However, genetic and functional comparisons of free-living populations of symbionts to their host-associated counterparts are sparse. Here, we assembled the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Microbiome |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01493-2 |