Ingested blood contributes to the specificity of the symbiosis of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria and Hirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4735-4741

  Indergand, S ^a   Graf, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMBIOSIS;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LEECHES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033765158     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.11.4735-4741.2000     Document Type: Article

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