GULF OF MEXICO HYDROCARBON SEEP COMMUNITIES .9. STEROL BIOSYNTHESIS OF SEEP MUSSELS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR HOST SYMBIONT ASSOCIATION Academic Article

abstract

• The sterol analysis of six hydrocarbon seep mussels (mytilid II and mytilid Ib) from the Alaminos Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico is reported. The sterol composition of the mussel-symbiotic bacteria complex reflects a preponderant synthesis of 4-methyl sterols (seep mytilid II), and a predominant biosynthesis of 4-desmethyl sterols with some amounts of 4-methyl sterols (seep mytilid Ib). This suggests a methane-based symbiotic relationship between the mussels and methanotrophic bacteria. It also suggests that the biosynthesis of sterols in the mussel-bacteria complex is completed to the level of cholest-5-en-3-ol (mytilid II) or 5-cholestan-3-ol (mytilid Ib). 1992.

authors

• Wade, Terry

published proceedings

• ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

author list (cited authors)

• FANG, J. S., COMET, P. A., WADE, T. L., & BROOKS, J. M.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• FANG, JS||COMET, PA||WADE, TL||BROOKS, JM

publication date

• November 1992

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Organic Geochemistry  Journal

keywords

• GC-MS
• Methanotrophic And Thiotrophic Bacteria
• Seep Mussels
• Sterols
• Symbiosis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0146-6380(92)90054-2

start page

• 861

end page

• 867

volume

• 18

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(92)90054-2