Sulphide mining by the superextensile foot of symbiotic thyasirid bivalves

SC Dufour, H Felbeck - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
In a symbiotic association between an invertebrate host and chemoautotrophic bacteria, each
partner has different metabolic requirements, and the host typically supplies the bacteria …

Ethology of the trace fossil Chondrites: form, function and environment

A Baucon, M Bednarz, S Dufour, F Felletti… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The behaviour of the iconic ichnogenus Chondrites is re-evaluated based on review of
existing literature and analysis of novel data (macroscopic, thin section and ESEM-EDX …

Magnetosome-containing bacteria living as symbionts of bivalves

SC Dufour, JR Laurich, RT Batstone… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria containing magnetosomes (protein-bound nanoparticles of magnetite or greigite)
are common to many sedimentary habitats, but have never been found before to live within …

[HTML][HTML] The role of symbiosis in the first colonization of the seafloor by macrobiota: insights from the oldest Ediacaran biota (Newfoundland, Canada)

D McIlroy, SC Dufour, R Taylor, R Nicholls - Biosystems, 2021 - Elsevier
The earliest record of animal life comes from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, including dm
scale fossil organisms, most of which are inferred to have been epibenthic immotile …

Gill anatomy and the evolution of symbiosis in the bivalve family Thyasiridae

SC Dufour - The Biological Bulletin, 2005 - journals.uchicago.edu
Among families of bivalves with chemoautotrophic symbionts, the Thyasiridae may vary the
most in their anatomical characters and in the extent of their nutritional reliance upon …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial Communities in Tissues and Surficial Mucus of the Cold-Water Coral Paragorgia arborea

BA Weiler, JTP Verhoeven, SC Dufour - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Coral bacterial associates can play important functional roles for the holobiont, such as
nitrogen cycling, nutrient processing, and supporting immunity. While bacteria found within the …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal bacterial surveillance of salmon aquaculture sites indicates a long lasting benthic impact with minimal recovery

…, F Salvo, R Knight, D Hamoutene, SC Dufour - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Coastal aquaculture has experienced substantial growth in the last few decades and associated
impacts on natural environments are of increasing importance. Understanding both the …

Ediacaran pre-placozoan diploblasts in the Avalonian biota: the role of chemosynthesis in the evolution of early animal life

SC Dufour, D McIlroy - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The large, enigmatic members of the Ediacaran biota have received much attention regarding
their possible affinities and mode of life. Fossil evidence reveals that many Ediacaran …

The usage of visual indicators in regulatory monitoring at hard-bottom finfish aquaculture sites in Newfoundland (Canada)

D Hamoutene, F Salvo, S Donnet, SC Dufour - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Finfish aquaculture can be installed over hard and patchy substrates where grab sampling
is challenging and use of video can be an appropriate tool to document benthic changes. …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the diversity and host range of novel parvoviruses from North American ducks using epidemiology, phylogenetics, genome structure, and codon …

…, D Ojkic, GJ Robertson, HG Whitney, SC Dufour… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parvoviruses are small single-stranded DNA viruses that can infect both vertebrates and
invertebrates. We report here the full characterization of novel viruses we identified in ducks, …