Episymbionts

Metatranscriptomics by in situ RNA stabilization directly and comprehensively revealed episymbiotic microbial communities of deep-sea squat lobsters.

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems remain mysterious. To depict in detail the enigmatic life of chemosynthetic microbes there, which are key primary producers, metatranscriptomic analysis is expected to be a promising approach. However, this has …

Molecular evidence of digestion and absorption of epibiotic bacterial community by deep-sea crab Shinkaia crosnieri

The hydrothermal vent crab Shinkaia crosnieri is considered to obtain nutrition from the epibiotic bacteria found on the setae, but previous studies have not shown how nutrients can be transferred from the epibionts to the host. In this study,we …