Coral reef fish gill bacteria carry all the genes needed for chemosynthesis
Phys.org reports that bacteria on coral reef fish gills have the genes needed for chemosynthesis, a potential not previously documented in fish. What the bacteria do there remains unclear.
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Phys.org reports that bacteria living on coral reef fish gills carry all the genes needed for chemosynthesis. Chemosynthetic bacteria have been documented with marine invertebrates, but this potential had not previously been documented in fish. What the gill bacteria do there remains unclear.
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