Samples for genetic analysis should be acquired from the source colony in order to match the resulting culture with the identity of the dominant and ecologically relevant symbiont originally harbored by the animal.
As mostras para facer análises xenéticas deberían tomarse a partir da colonia fonte para que se corresponda o cultivo resultante coa identidade do simbionte dominante e relevante ecoloxicamente que albergaba orixinalmente o animal.