Conjugating effects of symbionts and environmental factors on gene expression in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus harbors thiotrophic and methanotrophic symbiotic bacteria in its gills. While the symbiotic relationship between this hydrothermal mussel and these chemoautotrophic bacteria has been described, the molecular processes involved in the cross-talking between symbionts and host, in the maintenance of the symbiois, in the influence of environmental parameters on gene expression, and in transcriptome variation across individuals remain poorly understood. In an attempt to understand how, and to what extent, this double symbiosis affects host gene expression, we used a transcriptomic approach to identify genes potentially regulated by symbiont characteristics, environmental conditions or both. This study was done on mu

SUBMITTER: Boutet I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3218092 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature