Sentences with phrase «dominant symbionts»
«We found that commonly applied molecular methods did not give enough resolution to distinguish the dominant symbionts of Gulf corals from those in other parts of the world's oceans,» explains Professor Jörg Wiedenmann, Professor of Biological Oceanography and Head of the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton.
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One thing that all of these communities have in common is that the dominant tubeworms and clams host specialized intracellular bacteria (symbionts) that allow these animals to exploit potentially toxic chemicals in the vent fluids as sources of nutrition.
«We can confirm that this new type of alga is indeed the year - round prevalent symbiont across several dominant coral species from the Abu Dhabi coast of the United Arab Emirates,» he adds.