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Research indicates that the spirochetes, or marine bacteria, found along the dorsal surface of the annelid Alvinella pompejana, are ubiquitous in high-temperature deep-sea hydrothermal vents and may therefore be an integral part of hydrothermal vent ecology. The spirochetes have a symbiotic relationship with A. pompejana.
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Research has been conducted on episymbiot community associated with hydrothermal vent polychaete Alvinella pompejana. The authors have investigated the expression and diversity of the community's genes in reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle, and they suggest that the community displays chemolithoautotrophic form of growth contributing fixed carbon to other vent community organisms.
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A segment of the dissimilatory bisulfite reductase gene from DNA isolated from the bacterial community associated with Alvinella pompejana has been amplified by using the PCR primers P94-F and P93-R. A. pompejana is a polychaete annelid found in the active deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise. The dissimilatory bisulfite reductase is the terminal redox enzyme which catalyzes the reduction of sulfite to sulfide during anaerobic sulfate reduction. The diversity of the genes in the bacterial community indicates a prominent role for sulfate-reducing bacteria in the ecology of A. pompejana.
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