“There and back again” - Ultrastructural changes in the gills of Bathymodiolus vent-mussels during symbiont loss: Back to a regular filter-feeding epidermis

Deep-sea mussels Bathymodiolus azoricus, from Azorean hydrothermal vents, house two types of symbionts in their fleshy gills: methane-oxidizing (MOX) and sulfide-oxidizing (SOX) Gamma-proteobacteria. As soon as the mussels are collected, their symbionts are deprived from their environmental nutrient...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Bérénice Piquet, Sophie Le Panse, François H. Lallier, Sébastien Duperron, Ann C. Andersen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Subjects:	symbiosis bivalves Modiolinae hydrothermal vents gill ultrastructure transmission electron microscopy
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.968331/full