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Catalase in sulfide- and methane-dependent macrofauna from petroleum seeps

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Vesicomyid and lucinid clams and tubeworms from Gulf of Mexico petroleum seeps, all of which bear symbiotic sulfide-oxidizing bacteria, have much lower catalase activities than shallow-water species lacking symbionts. A petroleum seep mussel bearing methane-oxidizing bacteria is unusual in having catalase activities as high as shallow-water bivalves. Unlike sulfide-dependent meiofauna from shallow-water marine sands, catalase from all petroleum seep species was inhibited by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole.

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Texas A & M University, 77843, College Station, Texas, USA

    E. N. Powell, A. C. Morrill & R. R. Bidigare

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Acknowledgments. We thank S. McDonald and the crew of R/V Gyre for assistance in animal collection. This research was funded by NSF grant OCE-8219792 to EP and NSF grant OCE-83-01538 and funds from the Offshore Operators Committee to J. Brooks. We appreciate this support.

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Powell, E.N., Morrill, A.C. & Bidigare, R.R. Catalase in sulfide- and methane-dependent macrofauna from petroleum seeps. Experientia 45, 198–200 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01954876

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