P. Elíes

Amphipods associate with epibiotic filamentous bacteria at a shallow-water hydrothermal vent.

In the deep ocean, hydrothermal vents sustain remarkable animal-microbial symbioses, in which bacteria colonizing animal external or internal tissues use reduced chemicals from venting fluids to perform chemosynthesis and nourish their host. Hydrothermal vents also occasionally occur within the photic zone, but the pre...