AUTHOR=Bellec Laure , Cambon-Bonavita Marie-Anne , Durand Lucile , Aube Johanne , Gayet Nicolas , Sandulli Roberto , Brandily Christophe , Zeppilli Daniela TITLE=Microbial Communities of the Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent Near Naples, Italy, and Chemosynthetic Symbionts Associated With a Free-Living Marine Nematode JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02023 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2020.02023 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
Shallow-water hydrothermal vents are widespread, especially in the Mediterranean Sea, owing to the active volcanism of the area. Apart free microbial communities’ investigations, few biological studies have been leaded yet. Investigations of microbial communities associated with Nematoda, an ecologically important group in sediments, can help to improve our overall understanding of these ecosystems. We used a multidisciplinary-approach, based on microscopic observations (scanning electron microscopy: SEM and Fluorescence