Symbiotic bacteria inside Solemya gills
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Description: English: Illustration of an awning clam (Solemya species) with its foot extended in the sediment and symbiotic bacteria shown to reside in gills. Uptake of carbon and sulfur compounds by the clam is depicted, as is the chemosynthetic process of converting these compounds to energy, done by the clam's symbiotic bacteria. Date: 28 March 2021. Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/860256. Author: Hu Juntong (Hong Kong Baptist University).
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Protobranchia
- Solemyida
- Solemyoidea
- Solemyidae
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