After this, the theory fell out of grace, possibly due to the college textbook of E.B. Wilson, who regarded endosymbiotic theories as «too fanciful». (ettemalab.org)
With Giovannoni, Cary tracked the inheritance of endosymbiotic bacteria in the progeny of the clams and other vent animals. (sciencemag.org)
Cary went on to study shallow water bivalves with analogous endosymbiotic relationships. (sciencemag.org)