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Researchers Unlock Genomic Secrets of Gutless Deep-sea Tubeworm
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) decoded for the first time the chromosomal-level genome of a deep-sea gutless tubeworm and how the worm’s co-living bacterial partners manufacture organic nutrients for its host so it can survive the extreme habitat. The discovery lays foundation for potential applications such as biomaterial production and microbial growth control.
Tubeworms are present as large habitat-forming chitinized tube bushes in the deep-sea, where photosynthesis-derived organic matter are scarce.
Living in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps ecosystems characterized by darkness, high pressure and often high concentrations of toxic substances, submarine tubeworms – common living organisms of such extreme environments, were known to owe their survival and fast growth to sulphide-oxidising symbiotic bacteria that live inside their body. However, th
World s coral scientists warn action is needed now to
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World s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change
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71-year-old is UNILAG’s best Ph.D graduate Alao Abiodun
By Damola Kola-Dare
A 71-year-old Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student, Mrs. Felicia Ifeyinwa Marinze, has become one of the best graduating students from the School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
The institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced this on Wednesday at a media briefing on activities lined up for the institution’s 51st convocation in Lagos.
The vice chancellor said Mrs. Marinze (PhD French) with matriculation number 849003042 from the Department of European Languages and International Studies will be the oldest to be awarded a PhD degree in the history of the university.