Plants do not live alone as single entities but closely associate with an incredible diversity of
bacteria, archaea, fungi, and other organisms. The concept of endophyte has been …

Microbial transmission through mucosal-mediated mechanisms is widespread throughout
the animal kingdom. One example of this occurs with Hirudo verbana, the medicinal leech …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation in the intestinal
tract due to disruption of the symbiotic relationship between the host immune system and …

环境中微生物的群落结构及多样性和微生物的功能及代谢机理是微生物生态学的研究热点,
长期以来, 由于受到研究技术的限制, 对微生物的群落结构和多样性的认识还不全面 …

The digestive tract of medicinal leeches from commercial suppliers has been investigated
previously and comprises of a relatively simple bacterial community. However, the …

Background The use of culture-independent nucleic acid techniques, such as ribosomal
RNA gene cloning library analysis, has unveiled the tremendous microbial diversity that …

In most animals, digestive tracts harbor the greatest number of bacteria in the animal that
contribute to its health: by aiding in the digestion of nutrients, provisioning essential nutrients …

To investigate the effect of feeding on hibernating Hirudo nipponia, metagenomic
sequencing was performed on the microorganisms collected from the digestive tract of H …

Background Existing evidence suggests that the composition of the gut microbiota is
associated with neuropathic pain (NP), but the mechanistic link is elusive. Peroxisome …

Studies of small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) have been conducted predominantly using
culturable organisms, and the acquisition of further information about sRNAs from global …