Deep-sea corals are home to previously unknown bacteria with extremely small genomes, scientists discover

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Nov 4, 2024, 11:41 am140 pts
A German-American research team has discovered two highly unusual bacterial species in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown coral symbionts have an extremely reduced genome and lack the ability to obtain energy from carbohydrates, the team reports in an article…

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