trophosome
Sign in to saveA trophosome is a highly vascularised organ found in some animals that houses symbiotic bacteria that provide food for their host. Trophosomes are contained by the coelom of tube worms (family Siboglinidae, e.g. the giant tube worm Riftia pachyptila) and in the body of symbiotic flatworms of the genus Paracatenula.
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Organization
- Bacteriocytes and symbionts
- Structural organization
- In frenulates
- In vestimentiferans
- In ''Osedax''
- Trophosome color
- Trophosome growth
- Chemolithoautotrophy
- Carbon transfer
- Carbon fixation
- Glycogen storage in trophosome
- Host-microbe interaction
- Protection against oxidative damage
- Symbiont population control
- Communication between host and microbe
- See also
- References
- External links
A trophosome is a highly vascularised organ found in some animals that houses symbiotic bacteria that provide food for their host. Trophosomes are contained by the coelom of tube worms (family Siboglinidae, e.g. the giant tube worm Riftia pachyptila) and in the body of symbiotic flatworms of the genus Paracatenula.
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