Temporal variation and lack of host specificity among bacterial endosymbionts of Osedax bone worms (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae)

BACKGROUND: Osedax worms use a proliferative root system to extract nutrients from the bones of sunken vertebrate carcasses. The roots contain bacterial endosymbionts that contribute to the nutrition of these mouthless and gutless worms. The worms acquire these essential endosymbionts locally from t...

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Autores principales: Salathé, Rahel M, Vrijenhoek, Robert C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23006795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-189

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23006795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-189

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