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NewsResearchers discover novel host-bacteria symbiotic structure in deep-sea mollusc
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown specialized organelle structure in a deep-sea mollusc living at cold seeps in the South China Sea. The deep-sea mollusc Chaetoderma shenloong evolved the dracosphera to maintain symbiosis with bacteria and adapt to extremely oxygen-depleted environments.