A copy of the lecture notes is available here: OCN628_Feb10_03.pdf.
Acid phosphatase surrounding symbiots in bacteriocytes
of Lucina pectinata(select image for a larger version). From figure
3 in: Liberge, M., Gros, O., and Frenkiel, L. (2001) Lysosomes and sulfide-oxidizing
bodies in the bacteriocytes of Lucina pectinata, a cytochemical and
microanalysis approach. Marine Biology, 139 401-409.
Le Pennec, M., Beninger, P.G., and Herry, A. (1995) Feeding and digestive adaptations of bivalve molluscs to sulphide-rich habitats. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 111A 183-189.
Borowski, C., Dubilier, N., and Giere, O. (on-line) Bacteria-animal symbioses from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Western Pacific Ocean. Interesting graphics of bacteriocytes of Ifremeria.
Bacteriocytes in a Louisiana mytilid.
From: Distel, D., and Cavanaugh, C. (1994) Independent Phylogenetic Origins
of Methanotrophic and Chemoautotrophic Bacterial Endosymbioses in Marine
Bivalves. J. of Bacteriology, 4 1932-1938.
Angelos K. Hannides, Department of Oceanography,
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