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Table 5 Ribotype amplifications from different host tissues of seven worms from Dive T1119 and 14 worms from Dive DR12

From: Temporal variation and lack of host specificity among bacterial endosymbionts of Osedax bone worms (Polychaeta: Siboglinidae)

   

Ribotypes identified in tissue compartments

Dive no.

Bone no.

Worm no.

Basaltrunk

Anterior ovisac

Outer ovisac

Interior ovisac

Posterior ovisac/root

T1119

 

1

na*

3

3

3

3

  

2

na

na

3

3, 3 + 29**

3

  

4

13 + 30

13

13

13

13

  

5

3

3

3

na

3

  

7

3

3

3

3, 3

3

  

8

na

3

3

3

na

  

9

na

na

na

na

3

DR12

1

1

na

-

10

9

-

 

1

2

-

-

10

10

10

 

1

5

10

10

-

10

-

 

1

10

11 + 12

11

-

11

12

 

1

11

na

3

-

3, 3, 3

3

 

1

14

na

-

11

11

11

 

1

15

na

-

-

3, 3, na

3

 

1

16

na

9

-

na

9

 

2

1

na

10

-

-

10

 

2

2

na

10

-

-

10

 

2

3

9

9

-

-

9

 

2

7

na

3

-

3

3

 

2

10

9

9

-

9

9

 

2

11

13

13

-

-

13

  1. * na: no amplification from tissue, i.e. no signal for symbiont presence.
  2. ** The plus signs denote mixed ribotype infections. Commas separate ribotypes obtained from separate lobes of ovisac tissue.
  3. † dashes indicate tissues that were not available from a host individual.