Geography, not lifestyle, explains the population structure of free-living and host-associated deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail symbionts
M. Hauer, C. Breusing, E. Trembath-Reichert, J. Huber, R. Beinart
The paper compares free-living and host-associated symbionts of deep-sea snails from two vent fields, finding that geographic location, not lifestyle, explains their genetic structure and gene content differences.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology