Microbial communities in sunken wood are structured by wood-boring bivalves and location in a submarine canyon.

The cornerstones of sunken wood ecosystems are microorganisms involved in cellulose degradation. These can either be free-living microorganisms in the wood matrix or symbiotic bacteria associated with wood-boring bivalves such as emblematic species of Xylophaga, the most common deep-sea woodborer. H...

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Main Authors: Sonja K Fagervold, Chiara Romano, Dimitri Kalenitchenko, Christian Borowski, Amandine Nunes-Jorge, Daniel Martin, Pierre E Galand
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8e6634dd00d041ba9811ee42b7d6065d
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