Proteomics of Cycloclasticus endosymbiont of deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus heckerae from Campeche Knolls, southern Gulf of Mexico

ABSTRACT: Bathymodiolin mussels are a group of bivalves associated with deep-sea reducing habitats, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. These mussels usually engage in an obligatory symbiosis with sulfur and/or methane oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria. In addition to these bacteria, Bathymodiolus heckerae that inhabit gas and oil seeps in Campeche Bay, the southern Gulf of Mexico, host bacteria phylogenetically with the Cycloclasticus genus. We recently discovered the capability for short-chain alkane degradation in draft genomes of symbiotic Cycloclasticus. With proteomics, we investigated whether the genes required for this process are expressed by the symbionts.

OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: PRJNA318572 PRJNA318571 PRJNA318573

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ORGANISM(S): Bacteria

TISSUE(S): Gill

SUBMITTER: Manuel Kleiner  

LAB HEAD: Nicole Dubilier

PROVIDER: PXD005351 | Pride | 2016-12-05

REPOSITORIES: Pride