Abstract
Here we present the results from a shotgun sequencing effort on foot tissues from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent endemic limpet. We present the complete mitochondrial genome of the hydrothermal vent endemic gastropod Peltospira smaragdina (Gastropoda, Peltospiridae) is presented here for the first time. This species is characteristic of circa-Azores hydrothermal vent ecoregion and provides a candidate environmental DNA (eDNA) indicator of active hydrothermal vent sites. The results also suggest that the epilithic biofilm on the newly discovered Moytirra hydrothermal vents is dominated by Sulfurimonas –like microbes and corresponds with similar studies on hydrothermal hosted microbial communities. The association between Peltospira and Sulfurimonas is presented as potentially a holobiontic relationship, with both the snail and the microbial biofilm. We highlight the efficacy of using non-traditional sampling to develop a broader ecosystem understanding.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 103358 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers |
Volume | 163 |
Early online date | 25 Jul 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Sept 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge the support from Science Foundation Ireland grant 12/IP/1308 . The sampling expedition, VENTuRE survey, was principally funded by the Marine Institute under the 2011 Ship-Time Programme of the National Development Plan and by the National Geographic Society with additional support from National Geographic Television , National Oceanography Centre , UK , University of Southampton , UK , Geological Survey of Ireland ( INFOMAR programme), University College Cork and National University of Ireland, Galway . We thank Cindy Van Dover for assistance in accessing the Ion Torrent sequencing facility at Duke University.
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the support from Science Foundation Ireland grant 12/IP/1308. The sampling expedition, VENTuRE survey, was principally funded by the Marine Institute under the 2011 Ship-Time Programme of the National Development Plan and by the National Geographic Society with additional support from National Geographic Television, National Oceanography Centre, UK, University of Southampton, UK, Geological Survey of Ireland (INFOMAR programme), University College Cork and National University of Ireland, Galway. We thank Cindy Van Dover for assistance in accessing the Ion Torrent sequencing facility at Duke University.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Biofilm
- Hydrothermal vent
- Ion torrent
- Mitochondrial genome
- Next generation sequencing
- Peltospira smaragdina
- Sulfurimonas