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Novel Role for Aeromonas jandaei as a Digestive Tract Symbiont of the North American Medicinal Leech

The gut bacteria of the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora, were characterized. Biochemical tests and DNA sequences indicated that Aeromonas jandaei is the dominant culturable symbiont in leeches from a broad geographic area. In this work we identified a new habitat for A. jandaei, a...

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Main Authors: Siddall, Mark E., Worthen, Paul L., Johnson, Matthew, Graf, Joerg
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796983/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17114316
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01282-06
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