Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5161810 | Organic Geochemistry | 2012 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We provide a lipid-based view of chemosynthetic symbiosis in three mussel species from hot and cold seeps. ⺠We successfully identified IPLs as suitable marker for estimating the abundance of symbionts within a host organism. ⺠δ13C analysis of host and symbiont-specific lipids highlight the chemosynthetic carbon supply for the mussels. ⺠Compositional and δ13C variation point to distinct nutritional preferences/carbon metabolism for the respective symbiont.
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Authors
Matthias Y. Kellermann, Florence Schubotz, Marcus Elvert, Julius S. Lipp, Daniel Birgel, Xavier Prieto-Mollar, Nicole Dubilier, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs,