ena-STUDY-MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY-19-08-2018-11:42:42:068-10571
Transcriptomics of the chemosynthetic flatworm Paracatenula sp. standrea
Paracatenula are marine catenulid flatworms occuring in shallow water sediments. Adult Paracatenula lack a mouth and a digestive system. Instead, a trophosome containing intracellular alphaproteobacterial symbionts, namely Ca. Riegeria fill most of the worm´s body. Transcriptomic analyses were performed to investigate if the gutless host performs digestion of its symbionts.
Paracatenula are marine catenulid flatworms occuring in shallow water sediments. Adult Paracatenula lack a mouth and a digestive system. Instead, a trophosome containing intracellular alphaproteobacterial symbionts, namely Ca. Riegeria fill most of the worm´s body. Transcriptomic analyses were performed to investigate if the gutless host performs digestion of its symbionts.