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MEPS 214:151-159 (2001)
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Abstract
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Dual symbiosis in the cold-seep thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench, western Pacific
Yoshihiro Fujiwara1,*, Chiaki Kato2, Noriaki Masui2, Katsunori Fujikura1, Shigeaki Kojima3
1Marine Ecosystems Research Department, and
2Frontier Research Program for Deep-Sea Environment, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan
3Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan
*E-mail: fujiwara@jamstec.go.jp
ABSTRACT: The bacterial endosymbionts of the thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis collected from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench were characterized. Two distinct phylotypes of endosymbiotic bacteria were discovered within the gill tissues by
molecular phylogenetic analysis and in situ hybridization. Symbiont Type I was affiliated with thioautotrophic symbionts of vesicomyid clams and deep-sea mussels from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Symbiont Type II was not related to
previously reported bacterial symbionts, and was distantly related to the free-living chemoautotrophic bacteria (genera Thiomicrospira and Hydrogenovibrio). In situ hybridization experiments indicated spatial partitioning between the
2 M. hadalis symbionts, with Symbiont I occurring mainly in the outer regions of bacteriocyte zones and Symbiont II situated predominantly within inner regions of bacteriocyte zones. This is the deepest chemosynthetic symbiosis ever recorded and
the first report to show spatial partitioning between the intracellular endosymbionts in marine invertebrates.
KEY WORDS: Dual symbiosis · Spatial partitioning · Thyasirid clam · Chemosynthetic community · Hadal zone · Japan Trench · In situ hybridization · Phylogenetic analysis
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Published in MEPS Vol.
214
(2001) on April 26
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2001
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