Thick Lucine (IMAGE)

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Thick Lucine

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These are commonly named thick lucine, Phacoides pectinatus, collected from sediments near Fort Pierce, Fla. Ongoing research focused on P. pectinatus is revealing a much more diverse assemblage of chemosymbionts than previously recognized, including bacteria associated with nitrogen and methane, in addition to sulfur cycling.

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Annette Engel, University of Tennessee

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