title: [Adaptation of organisms to extreme conditions of deep-sea hydrothermal vents].
abstract: The deep-sea hydrothermal vents are located along the volcanic ridges and are characterized by extreme conditions such as unique physical properties (temperature, pression), chemical toxicity, and absence of photosynthesis. However, life exists in these particular environments. The primary producers of energy and organic molecules in these biotopes are chimiolithoautotrophic bacteria. Many animals species live in intimate and complex symbiosis with these sulfo-oxidizing and methanogene bacteria. These symbioses imply a strategy of nutrition and a specific metabolic organization involving numerous interactions and metabolic exchanges, between partners. The organisms of these ecosystems have developed different adaptive strategies. In these environments many microorganisms are adapted to high temperatures. Moreover to survive in these environments, living organisms have developed various strategies to protect themselves against toxic molecules such as H2S and heavy metals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biochimie des signaux régulateurs cellulaires et moléculaires, FRE 2621, CNRS, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris-6), 96, bd Raspail, 75006 Paris, France. zoranminic@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Minic
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Serre
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hervé
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000845:Annelida / Q000502:physiology; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D017753:Ecosystem; D020387:Food Chain; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000633:toxicity; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D012623:Seawater; D013696:Temperature; D018707:Volcanic Eruptions; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D002244:Carbon; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate