A multilamellar organelle for chemosymbiosis in an aplacophoran mollusc adapted to anoxic cold seep sediment
Yunlong Li, Chong Chen, Xu Liu, Menggong Li, Guoyong Yan, Haiyun Zhou, Hui Wang, Xing He, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Pei‐Yuan Qian, Jin Sun
The paper identifies a novel organelle, dracosphera, in the aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma shenloong that houses anaerobic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria for chemosynthesis in anoxic cold-seep sediments.
Nature Communications · Oct 30, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology