Publications
| a new niche for vibrio logei, the predominant light organ symbiont of squids in the genus sepiola. | two genera of sepiolid squids--euprymna, found primarily in shallow, coastal waters of hawaii and the western pacific, and sepiola, the deeper-, colder-water-dwelling mediterranean and atlantic squids--are known to recruit luminous bacteria into light organ symbioses. the light organ symbiont of euprymna spp. is vibrio fischeri, but until now, the light organ symbionts of sepiola spp. have remained inadequately identified. we used a combination of molecular and physiological characteristics to r ... | 1998 | 9422593 |
| phylogeographical patterns among mediterranean sepiolid squids and their vibrio symbionts: environment drives specificity among sympatric species. | bobtail squid from the genera sepiola and rondeletiola (cephalopoda: sepiolidae) form mutualistic associations with luminous gram-negative bacteria (gammaproteobacteria: vibrionaceae) from the genera vibrio and photobacterium. symbiotic bacteria proliferate inside a bilobed light organ until they are actively expelled by the host into the surrounding environment on a diel basis. this event results in a dynamic symbiont population with the potential to establish the symbiosis with newly hatched s ... | 2010 | 21075896 |