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Diversity and Function of Epibiotic Microbial Communities on the Galatheid Crab, Shinkaia crosnieri.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21576884     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The galatheid crab, Shinkaia crosnieri (Decapoda: Galatheidae), forms dense colonies in the Iheya North and Hatoma Knoll deep-sea hydrothermal fields and has numerous setae covered with filamentous epibiotic microorganisms. Molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that the epibiotic communities in S. crosnieri consisted mainly of yet-uncultivated phylotypes within Epsilonproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria in both hydrothermal vent fields. Uptake experiments using (13)C-labeled tracers clearly demonstrated that both H(13)CO(3)(-) and (13)CH(4) were assimilated into not only the epibiotic microbial communities associated with the setae, but also the epibiont-free tissue of living S. crosnieri. In addition, the incorporation of H(13)CO(3)(-) into the microbial cells was strongly stimulated by the presence of reduced sulfur compounds but not by H(2). In conclusion, the uptake experiments suggested that sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic and methanotrophic production by the epibionts provides the nutrition for S. crosnieri.
Authors:
Tomo-O Watsuji; Satoshi Nakagawa; Shinji Tsuchida; Tomohiro Toki; Akinari Hirota; Urumu Tsunogai; Ken Takai
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Microbes and environments / JSME     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1347-4405     ISO Abbreviation:  Microbes Environ.     Publication Date:  2010  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9710937     Medline TA:  Microbes Environ     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  288-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research Team (SUGAR), Extremobiosphere Research Program (XBR).
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