| Literature DB >> 17114316 |
Mark E Siddall1, Paul L Worthen, Matthew Johnson, Joerg Graf.
Abstract
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, and here we suggest that there is unexpected specificity between leeches and Aeromonas species.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17114316 PMCID: PMC1796983 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01282-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792