Project description:This projiect aims to identify the proteome of the symbiotic gill, including the host and symbiotic bacteria proteins, and to reveal the metabolic interdependence among the tripartite holobiont which is based on mussel, methane-oxidizing endosymbiont and sulfur-oxidizing episymbiont.
Project description:Extensive thioautotrophic gill endosymbiont diversity within a single Ctena orbiculata (Bivalvia:Lucinidae) population and implications for defining host-symbiont specificity and species recognition