title: Prokaryotic Cells in the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila Jones: Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts.
abstract: The existence of a symbiotic association between vestimentiferan tube worms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and chemoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing prokaryotes, based on histological and enzymatic evidence, is suggested.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cavanaugh
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Jannasch
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Waterbury