Metabolism Interactions Promote the Overall Functioning of the Episymbiotic Chemosynthetic Community of Shinkaia crosnieri of Cold Seeps

ABSTRACT Remarkably diverse bacteria have been observed as biofilm aggregates on the surface of deep-sea invertebrates that support the growth of hosts through chemosynthetic carbon fixation. Growing evidence also indicates that community-wide interactions, and especially cooperation among symbionts...

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Main Authors: Zheng Xu, Minxiao Wang, Huan Zhang, Wanying He, Lei Cao, Chao Lian, Zhaoshan Zhong, Hao Wang, Lulu Fu, Xin Zhang, Chaolun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00320-22