Open AccessSymbiont Community Composition in Rimicaris kairei Shrimps from Indian Ocean Vents with Notes on Mineralogy
Author(s) -
Pierre Methou,
Masanari Hikosaka,
Chong Chen,
Hiromi Watanabe,
Norio Miyamoto,
Hiroko Makita,
Yoshio Takahashi,
Robert G. Jenkins
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.00185-22
Subject(s) - hydrothermal vent , symbiosis , biology , ecology , cephalothorax , chemosynthesis , shrimp , cold seep , crustacean , hydrothermal circulation , paleontology , bacteria , methane
Hydrothermal vent shrimps in the genusRimicaris are among the most charismatic deep-sea animals of Atlantic and Indian Oceans, often occurring on towering black smokers in dense aggregates of thousands of individuals. Although this dominance is only possible because of symbiosis, no study on the symbiosis of Indian OceanRimicaris species has been conducted.