Symbiosis of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria and Hirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech: A novel model for digestive tract associations

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Graf, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LEECH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

AEROMONAS VERONII; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS;

EID: 0032921173     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.1-7.1999     Document Type: Article

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