In February 2018, the Government of Poland and the International Seabed Authority signed
a 15-year contract for exploration of polymetallic sulfide deposits on a section of the Mid …

Abstract The Southwest Indian Ridge is the longest section of very slow to ultraslow-
spreading seafloor in the global mid-ocean ridge system, but the biogeography and ecology …

The assessment and comparison of food webs across various hydrothermal vent sites can
enhance our understanding of ecological processes involved in the structure and function of …

Bathymodiolus mussels live in symbiosis with intracellular sulfur-oxidizing (SOX) bacteria
that provide them with nutrition. We sequenced the SOX symbiont genomes from two …

Chemosynthetic environments support distinct benthic communities capable of utilizing
reduced chemical compounds for nutrition. Hundreds of methane seeps have been …

Bathymodiolus platifrons adapted the chemosynthetic ecosystems, both cold seeps and
hydrothermal vents, by harbouring gill symbionts. To survive these extreme and volatile …

Active cold seep sites associated with shallow gas hydrates were recently reported from
Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin, off east coast of India. Benthic fauna including …

Deep-sea Bathymodiolus mussels and their chemoautotrophic symbionts are well-studied
representatives of mutualistic host–microbe associations. However, how host–symbiont …

Background The deep-sea mussel Gigantidas haimaensis is a representative species from
the Haima cold seep ecosystem in the South China Sea that establishes endosymbiosis with …

Cold seeps are characterized by typical endemic communities with associated
microorganisms that depend on sulfide, methane, reduced nitrogenous compounds, and …