… -tract microbiota of the medicinal leech has been analyzed … -tract symbiosis between
Aeromonas bacteria and the leech. … The simplicity of this tripartite association may allow us to …

… The medicinal leech is a promising, bona fide model for symbiotic associations and has a …
In this review, we describe three distinct microbe–leech associations found in different leech …

… Culture-independent characterization of the digestive-tract microbiota of the medicinal
leech reveals a tripartite symbiosis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:4775 - 81; http://dx.doi.org/…

… the leech an amenable and powerful model for studying digestive-tract symbioses. In this
review we outline current knowledge regarding microbial symbioses within the leech digestive …

… mined salivary gland EST libraries across medicinal leech lineages to experimentally and
… leech genera and families, and evaluate historical patterns of this tripartite symbiotic system. …

… Culture-independent characterization of the digestive-tract microbiota of the medicinal
leech reveals a tripartite symbiosis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72: 4775-81. [29] Lent CM. …

… associations with symbiotic microorganisms 1 . Mutualistic symbiotic interactions provide …
housing a simple microflora such as the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana. Indeed the gut of …

… medicinal leech can consume over five times its body weight in a single blood meal that is
hyperosomotic to the leech … microbiota of the medicinal leech reveals a tripartite symbiosis. …

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

… As a bona fide model for symbiotic associations, the medicinal leech has a microbial
community of relatively limited complexity. It may provide invaluable clues on fundamental aspects …