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Independent phylogenetic origins of methanotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbioses in marine bivalves.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 176 ·No. 7 ·1994-04-00 ·Pages 1932-8

Distel DL, Cavanaugh CM

Abstract

The discovery of bacterium-bivalve symbioses capable of utilizing methane as a carbon and energy source indicates that the endosymbionts of hydrothermal vent and cold seep bivalves are not restricted to sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacteria but also include methanotrophic bacteria. The phylogenetic origin of methanotrophic endosymbionts and their relationship to known symbiotic and free-living bacteria, however, have remained unexplored. In situ localization and phylogenetic analysis of a symbiont 16S rRNA gene cloned from the gills of a recently described deep-sea mussel species demonstrate that this symbiont represents a new taxon which is closely related to free-living, cultivable Type I methanotrophic bacteria. This symbiont is distinct from known chemoautotrophic symbionts. Thus, despite compelling similarities between the symbioses, chemoautotrophic and methanotrophic symbionts of marine bivalves have independent phylogenetic origins.

MeSH Terms
Animals Bacteria/classification,genetics Base Sequence Biological Evolution Bivalvia/microbiology,ultrastructure DNA, Ribosomal/genetics Gills/microbiology,ultrastructure In Situ Hybridization Methylococcaceae/classification,genetics,isolation & purification,ultrastructure Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics Symbiosis
Chemicals
DNA, Ribosomal RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Distel D L
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
Cavanaugh C M
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.176.7.1932-1938.1994
Published
1994-04-00
Pages
1932-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC205296
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
L01478, L01479, L01575, L01576, L25709, L25713, L25714, M29021, M29022, M90415, M90662, M95651, M95656, M95657, M95658, M95659, M95662, M95665, M96398, M99445, M99446, M99448, M99451, U05570, U05595
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