Antarctic marine worms have beneficial relationships with bacteria producing antifreeze proteins, helping them survive harsh polar waters. 'Meiothermus' and 'Anoxybacillus' bacteria found inside the worms, suggesting spread from worm to worm.
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Specialized bacteria living inside three different species of Antarctic polychaetes make proteins that help the worms not freeze to death. https://t.co/hIKwuKNuXd
In the subfreezing temperatures of one of Earth’s coldest landscapes, Antarctic marine worms strike a deal with their gut bugs to keep their internal liquids moving. https://t.co/6kjsVX5zbY
Bacteria found to produce proteins that act like antifreeze, helping #marineWorms survive in polar waters @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/iubRB5H4bC
There are worms that live in the sub-freezing waters of the Ross Sea, next to Antarctica. These worms can withstand the cold temperature, it seems, because the bacteria in their guts make cryo-protective proteins that reduce the freezing point of internal liquids. https://t.co/YwQxvQI5LZ
'Meiothermus' and 'Anoxybacillus' bacteria were found inside marine Antarctic worms, but not in the ocean sediment, suggesting the microbes somehow spread from worm to worm. https://t.co/hIKwuKNuXd
Cold-blooded Antarctic marine worms depend on bacterial antifreeze-like proteins to help them survive the harsh polar waters, a new @ScienceAdvances study finds. https://t.co/YbvaXZr21z https://t.co/krXyTDI7bY
Three species of marine worms living in Antarctic waters have beneficial relationships with bacteria that produce antifreeze proteins. https://t.co/hIKwuKNuXd