This episode: Bacteria in hydrothermal vents that feed their host tubeworms evacuate when their hosts perish!
Download Episode (9 MB, 9.8 minutes) Show notes: Journal Paper: Klose J, Polz MF, Wagner M, Schimak MP, Gollner S, Bright M. 2015. Endosymbionts escape dead hydrothermal vent tubeworms to enrich the free-living population. Proc Natl Acad Sci 112:11300–11305.
Other interesting stories:
Post questions or comments here or email to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening!
Subscribe at iTunes, check out the show at Twitter or Facebook