Subtype variation among bacterial endosymbionts of tubeworms (Annelida : 
Siboglinidae) from the Gulf of California

Vrijenhoek, R. C.; Duhaime, M.; Jones, W. J.

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Subtype variation among bacterial endosymbionts of tubeworms (Annelida : Siboglinidae) from the Gulf of California

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Duhaime, M.
Microbial Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Vrijenhoek, R. C., Duhaime, M., & Jones, W. J. (2007). Subtype variation among bacterial endosymbionts of tubeworms (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Gulf of California. Biological Bulletin, 212(3), 180-184.

Zitierlink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-CE60-B

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Symbiosis involving chemoautotrophic bacteria allowsvestimentiferan tubeworms to thrive in sulfidic marine en-vironments. This study examined genetic variation amongendosymbionts associated with three vestimentiferan spe-cies from the Gulf of California. Small subunit (16S) rRNAsequences identified two evolutionary lineages of-Pro-teobacteria in these worms. Phylotype-II bacteria associ-ated with the hydrothermal vent speciesRiftia pachyptilaexhibited no subtype variation upon examination of form II(cbbM) RuBisCO, whereas the phylotype-I bacteria associ-ated with two cold-seep species,Escarpia spicataandLa-mellibrachia barhami, were polymorphic. Bacterial sub-types distinguished by three RuBisCO alleles occurred atsimilar frequencies in both host species when sampled to-gether from tubeworm clusters, offering, therefore, no evi-dence for host-specificity. Instead, the frequencies of thesesubtypes varied significantly among patchily distributedtubeworm clusters. Subtype variation on small spatialscales is consistent with prior evidence that vestimentifer-ans acquire their symbionts locally from the environment inwhich they settle as larvae.