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The Potent Respiratory System of Osedax mucofloris (Siboglinidae, Annelida) - A Prerequisite for the Origin of Bone-Eating Osedax?

Members of the conspicuous bone-eating genus, Osedax, are widely distributed on whale falls in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. These gutless annelids contain endosymbiotic heterotrophic bacteria in a branching root system embedded in the bones of vertebrates, whereas a trunk and anterior palps exte...

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Autores principales: Huusgaard, Randi S., Vismann, Bent, Kühl, Michael, Macnaugton, Martin, Colmander, Veronica, Rouse, Greg W., Glover, Adrian G., Dahlgren, Thomas, Worsaae, Katrine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558289
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035975