Bacterial symbioses of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana

Gut Microbes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nelson, Michael C ^a   Graf, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Hirudo verbana; Medicinal leech; Microbiome; Rikenella; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS VERONII; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; HIRUDO; HIRUDO VERBANA; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEECH; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HIRUDO VERBANA; RIKENELLA;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEECHES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84863857859     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.20227     Document Type: Review

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