ena-STUDY-MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY-08-05-2018-15:22:35:342-1563
Genomics of Ca. Riegeria santandreae - the chemosynthetic symbionts of the marine flatworm Paracatenula from the Bay of Sant´Andrea (Elba, Italy)
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. Genomic analyses were performed to investigate whether genes revealing the symbiont´s functions in the host´ nutrition can be detected.
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. Genomic analyses were performed to investigate whether genes revealing the symbiont´s functions in the host´ nutrition can be detected.