ena-STUDY-MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY-29-06-2018-13:32:56:064-1559
Transcriptomics of Ca. Riegeria standrea - 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. Transcriptomic analyses were performed to investigate whether genes revealing the symbiont´s functions in the host´ nutrition can be detected and are expressed.
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 whether genes revealing the symbiont´s functions in the host´ nutrition can be detected and are expressed.