… made the leech an amenable and powerful model for studying digestive-tract symbioses. In
… microbial symbioses within the leech digestive tract, summarize known colonization factors …

… medicinal leech can be used as a model for digestive tract … In modern medicine, Hirudo
medicinalis, the medicinal leech, … from medicinal leeches were obtained from the digestive tract …

… the first time the digestive-tract microbiota of the medicinal leech has been analyzed using
… a monospecific digestive-tract symbiosis between Aeromonas bacteria and the leech. …

… example is the digestive tract of the medicinal leech, Hirudo … leech and from the ingested
blood that we term procured immunity to differentiate it from the immunity encoded by the leech …

… This study reveals that the microbiota of the medicinal leech is not as simple as many
believe, and the microbiota of H. orientalis is more diverse than described in the only previous …

… leech, H. orientalis, that the distinct species of Aeromonas (A. … to the dominant bacteria in
the digestive tract. In addition, … community in the digestive tract of the wild medicinal leech, H…

… Medicinal leeches are promising for the treatment of diseases associated with pain, …
Leeches carry bacteria in their digestive tract [10,11] and on their skin, and these bacteria could …

… This report describes three isolates obtained from the crop of the medicinal leech H.
verbana. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene placed these strains within the family …

… Hirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech: a novel model for digestive tract associations. Infect
… jandaei as a digestive tract symbiont of the North American medicinal leech. Appl Environ …

… Digestion is achieved by many enzymes and mutual microorganisms such as Aeromonas …
(American medicinal leech), is structurally similar to anticoagulant leech proteins hirudin and …