Fluorescent image of Candidatus Abyssoplasma scotoplanesicola. (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Fluorescent image of Candidatus Abyssoplasma scotoplanesicola.

Caption

Here the symbiotic bacteria can be seen glowing green under a fluorescent imaging microscope. The name reflects both the bacterium’s deep-sea origin and its sea pig host. “Abyssoplasma” combines a reference to the dark deep sea, “abyss,” with “plasma,” reflecting its affiliation with the bacterial phylum Mycoplasmatota. “Scotoplanesicola” means “an inhabitant of Scotoplanes,” the sea pig host. “Candidatus” indicates that the name is provisional.
 

Credit

Y. Yoshida, Y. Nishimura, H. Itoh et al. 2026/ ISME Host Microbe.

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