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ArticleScience advances2026

Intricate chemosymbiosis in a widespread shallow-water thyasirid clam.

Menggong Li, Yunlong Li, Shi-Hai Mao, Zhixin Zhang, Chong Chen, Xueying Nie, Xu Liu, Hui Wang, Xiaoshou Liu, Weipeng Zhang and 3 more

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13 authors.

Menggong LiKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9610-1353
Yunlong LiKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4978-4788
Shi-Hai MaoFrontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8816-6926
Zhixin ZhangCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3457-2934
Chong ChenX-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture 237-0061, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5035-4021
Xueying NieKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0009-0009-2722-995X
Xu LiuKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6353-0429
Hui WangKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0009-0005-0441-9671
Xiaoshou LiuKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0017-7186
Weipeng ZhangKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1231-8927
Qiang LinCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9916-7761
Guang-Chao ZhuangFrontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, and Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6282-8415
Jin SunKey Laboratory of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity (Ministry of Education) and Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8002-6881

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemosynthetic symbioses between animals and bacteria are common in marine ecosystems, but the symbioses in shallow-water thyasirid clams inhabiting suboxic sediments remain understudied despite their widespread occurrence. Here, we report that the shallow-water thyasirid clam

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BivalviaSymbiosisAnimalsEcosystemGillsPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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