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A previously undescribed colonization of the marine oligochaete Tubificoides benedii (d'Udekum, 1855) from a sulfide-rich habitat by filamentous epibacteria was observed in 1984 and 1985. Electron microscopy showed that the bacteria were embedded in the cuticle of the posterior region of the worm. The association is apparently not pathogenic; possible forms of positive interaction are discussed.
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Dubilier, N. Association of filamentous epibacteria with Tubificoides benedii (Oligochaeta: Annelida). Marine Biology 92, 285–288 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392846
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