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1. Introduction: Chemosythetically-driven ecosystems in the deep sea Steffen Kiel and Paul A. Tyler 2. Genetics and evolution of deep-sea chemosynthetic bacteria and their invertebrate hosts Robert C. Vrijenhoek 3. Microbial habitats associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vent invertebrates: insights from microanalysis and geochemical modeling Nadine Le Bris and Fran oise Gaill 4. Microbial chemofossils in specific marine hydrothermal and methane cold seep settings Martin Blumenberg 5. Chemosymbiotic bivalves John D Taylor and Emily A Glover 6. The diversity of deep-sea mussels and their bacterial symbioses S bastien Duperron 7. Gastropods from Recent hot vents and cold seeps: systematics, diversity and life strategies Takenori Sasaki, Anders War n, Yasunori Kano, Takashi Okutani and Katsunori Fujikura 8. The fossil record of vent and seep mollusks Steffen Kiel 9. Brachiopods from ancient hydrocarbon seeps and hydrothermal vents Michael R Sandy 10. Unusual habitats and organisms associated with the cold seeps of the Gulf of Mexico Erik E Cordes, St phane Hourdez and Harry H Roberts 11. Biological communities at marine shallow-water vent and seep sites Paul R Dando 12. Japan: Vents and Seeps in Clo.