The discovery of chemosynthetic ecosystems at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977
changed our view of biology. Chemosynthetic bacteria and archaea form the foundation of …

Hemoglobin (Hb) occurs in all the kingdoms of living organisms. Its distribution is episodic
among the nonvertebrate groups in contrast to vertebrates. Nonvertebrate Hbs range from …

Vestimentiferan tubeworms that thrive in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems rely on a
single species of sulfide-oxidizing gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts housed in a …

The impact of ocean acidification (OA) on coral calcification, a subject of intense current
interest, is poorly understood in part because of the presence of symbionts in adult corals …

This modern textbook of biological oceanography is aimed atstudents taking oceanography,
marine biology and marine sciencescourses. It covers recent developments such as the …

SUMMARY A recent proposal to store anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the deep ocean is
assessed here with regard to the impacts on deep-living fauna. The stability of the deep-sea …

Bacteria and marine eukaryotes often coexist in symbioses that significantly influence the
ecology, physiology and evolution of both partners. De Bary (1879) defined symbiosis as …

Chemosynthetic endosymbioses occur ubiquitously at oxic–anoxic interfaces in marine
environments. In these mutualisms, bacteria living directly within the cell of a eukaryotic host …

The symbiotic life style involves mutual ecological, physiological, structural, and molecular
adaptations between the partners. In the symbiotic association between anthozoans and …

The facultative symbiont of Riftia pachyptila, named here Candidatus Endoriftia persephone,
has evaded culture to date, but much has been learned regarding this symbiosis over the …