Thanks to everyone for all these fruitful years of collaboration: @jillianmpetersen.bsky.social, @joanaseneca.bsky.social, Chuang Sun, Ornella Carrión and Jonathan D. Todd from UEA, Omaima Zaki, Olivier Gros, and Jay Osvatic.

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Genomic prediction of collaborative DMSP degradation is consistent with live incubations of the holobiont. The addition of antibiotics results in higher DMSP concentrations. Symbionts may cooperate to degrade excess DMSP, potentially protecting the host from pathogenic bacteria.

We identified previously unrecognised microbial partner in lucinid symbioses (Endozoicomonas) and describe potential metabolic interactions with both the host and the sulphur-oxidising symbionts, highlighting the capacity of these widespread associations to influence global organosulfur cycling.

We integrated field measurements, genomics, transcriptomics, and experimental assays to investigate organosulfur cycling in three lucinid species from temperate and tropical environments.

Thanks! Very sweet of you. ☺️

Congratulations! 😊

Huge congratulations! 🎉

Thank you, Jill! Your guidance as my PhD supervisor played an important role in this achievement. I truly appreciate it! 😊

Huge thanks to @cemau.bsky.social for being the perfect host institution for my project!

Oh wow! Somehow I have never came across this type of symbiosis. I’m mindblown. 😍 Thank you for sharing and congratulations on the great work😊

“Riftia” is a deep sea vent tubeworm that has no mouth or digestive tract. Rather, it hosts billions of symbiotic bacteria that provide them nutrition.
Wildly, they are among the fastest growing organisms on the planet! Our paper examines *how* they pull this off.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...