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In exchange for providing nutrition for the worm, the symbionts are sheltered from grazing, but most importantly, they receive a steady source of sulfide and oxygen via the highly adapted blood circulation system of the worm.
Tubeworm blood physiology, in particular the hemoglobin molecules, are tailored specifically to the needs of the symbionts.
Comparison curves show that the great majority of test sequences are more plant-like than otherwise, with 20% or less resembling microbial symbionts more closely than plants.
Genome-level data from these secondary symbionts promise to shed light on the range of lifestyles between obligate mutualism and reproductive parasitism and on the early stages in the transition to each.
Models indicate that the fixation rate for symbiont-beneficial (selfish) mutations increase with the number of symbionts transmitted, reflecting greater efficacy of selection among bacteria within a given host (Rispe and Moran 2000).