TY - JOUR
T1 - A unique symbiosis in the gut of tropical herbivorous surgeonfish (acanthuridae
T2 - teleostei) from the red sea
AU - Fishelson, Lev
AU - Montgomery, W. Linn
AU - Myrberg, Arthur A.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Herbivorous surgeonfish (Acanthurus species) in the Red Sea harbor gut symbionts that include bacteria, trichomonadid flagellates, and a peculiar putative protist that attains densities of 20,000 to 100,000 cells per milliliter of gut contents. The structure, mode of reproduction, and within-gut distribution of the latter are described. This may be the first report of an organism of this type and the first evidence of a consistent endosymbiosis in the gut of a herbivorous marine fish.
AB - Herbivorous surgeonfish (Acanthurus species) in the Red Sea harbor gut symbionts that include bacteria, trichomonadid flagellates, and a peculiar putative protist that attains densities of 20,000 to 100,000 cells per milliliter of gut contents. The structure, mode of reproduction, and within-gut distribution of the latter are described. This may be the first report of an organism of this type and the first evidence of a consistent endosymbiosis in the gut of a herbivorous marine fish.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.229.4708.49
DO - 10.1126/science.229.4708.49
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002098271
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 229
SP - 49
EP - 51
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 4708
ER -