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  "id": 19553806,
  "title": "Deep-sea mollusk houses bacteria in tiny 'dragon balls,' revealing a new symbiotic structure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/deep-sea-mollusk-houses-bacteria-in-tiny-dragon-balls-revealing-a-new",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-11T21:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-deep-sea-mollusk-houses-bacteria.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have discovered a previously unknown specialized organelle structure in a deep-sea mollusk living at cold seeps in the South China Sea. Dedicated to maintaining bacterial symbiosis, this newly identified survival mechanism provides new insights into how deep-sea organisms adapt to nearly oxygen-free environments and opens…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}