Dual symbiosis in the cold-seep thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench, western Pacific

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MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 214:151-159 (2001) - doi:10.3354/meps214151 Dual symbiosis in the cold-seep thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench, western Pacific Yoshihiro Fujiwara1,*, Chiaki Kato2, Noriaki Masui2, Katsunori Fujikura1, Shigeaki Kojima3 1Marine Ecosystems Research Department, and 2Frontier Research Program for Deep-Sea Environment, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan 3Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan *E-mail: [e-mail] ABSTRACT: The bacterial endosymbionts of the thyasirid clam Maorithyas hadalis collected from the hadal zone in the Japan Trench were characterized. Two distinct phylotypes of endosymbiotic bacteria were discovered within the gill tissues by molecular phylogenetic analysis and in situ hybridization. Symbiont Type I was affiliated with thioautotrophic symbionts of vesicomyid clams and deep-sea mussels from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Symbiont Type II was not related to previously reported bacterial symbionts, and was distantly related to the free-living chemoautotrophic bacteria (genera Thiomicrospira and Hydrogenovibrio). In situ hybridization experiments indicated spatial partitioning between the 2 M. hadalis symbionts, with Symbiont I occurring mainly in the outer regions of bacteriocyte zones and Symbiont II situated predominantly within inner regions of bacteriocyte zones. This is the deepest chemosynthetic symbiosis ever recorded and the first report to show spatial partitioning between the intracellular endosymbionts in marine invertebrates. KEY WORDS: Dual symbiosis · Spatial partitioning · Thyasirid clam · Chemosynthetic community · Hadal zone · Japan Trench · In situ hybridization · Phylogenetic analysis Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 214. Online publication date: April 26, 2001 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2001 Inter-Research.