Posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2009, at 16:57:04
In reply to Tube worms? » Larry Hoover, posted by Sigismund on March 5, 2009, at 1:23:04
The tube worms live in symbiosis with a newly categorized form of life called Archea. They used to be thought of as bacteria, but they really are too primitive in some regards even for that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archea
The Archea supply the energy for the tube worms. The tube worms themselves provide the Archea with a home (their bodies) in which to live.
I'm sure there are other critters that host Archea.
Lar
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