Mengna Li

The paper isolates the first cultured strain of the deep-branching phylum Candisdatus Bipolaricaulota from a serpentinite-hosted ecosystem and describes its hydrocarbon metabolism and morphology.

The paper constructs a single-cell expression atlas of gill tissue in deep-sea mussels to study the molecular function and developmental trajectory of bacteriocytes and their interaction with endosymbionts.

The paper withdraws due to insufficient data and experimental evidence, acknowledging limitations in single-cell transcriptomics and in situ hybridization.