Title: Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm.
Authors: Dubilier, Nicole; Mulders, Caroline; Ferdelman, Tim; de Beer, Dirk; Pernthaler, Annelie; Klein, Michael; Wagner, Michael; Erseus, Christer; Thiermann, Frank; Krieger, Jens; Giere, Olav; Amann, Rudolf
Abstract: Presents a study which showed that in the gutless marine oligochaete worm Olavius algarvensis, endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing bacteria produce sulphide that can serve as an energy source for sulphide-oxidizing symbionts of the host. Method used in determining the phylogenetic identity of symbionts; Relationship of the symbionts of Olavius algarvensis to free-living sulphate-reducing bacteria.
Subjects: ENDOSYMBIOSIS; BACTERIA; WORMS; SULFATES; SULFIDES
Publication: Nature, 2001, Vol 411, Issue 6835, p299
ISSN: 0028-0836
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/35077067

Endosymbiotic sulphate-reducing and sulphide-oxidizing bacteria in an oligochaete worm.

Dubilier, Nicole; Mulders, Caroline; Ferdelman, Tim; de Beer, Dirk; Pernthaler, Annelie; Klein, Michael; Wagner, Michael; Erseus, Christer; Thiermann, Frank; Krieger, Jens; Giere, Olav; Amann, Rudolf