Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered a promising new class of anti-infectious
agents. This study reports new antimicrobial peptides derived from the Hirudo medicinalis …

Both fish gills and guts can support lots of microbiota that play important roles in the health
and growth of hosts. Although the microbiota of silver carp has been widely studied, the data …

In the present work, we reported for the first time the microbiome from Phyllocaulis
soleiformis and Biomphalaria glabrata assessed using high-throughput DNA sequencing …

Whitmania pigra is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. However, W. pigra is being
threatened by an edema disease with unknown causes (WPE). In this study, a …

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

Leeches are found in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine habitats on all continents.
Sanguivorous leeches have been used in medicine for millennia. Modern scientific uses …

Abstract Aims Medicinal leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) are fresh water ectoparasitic species
which have been applied as traditional therapy. However, gut microbiota could bring high …

Background Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods transmitting a wide range of
pathogens to humans and animals. They also harbor a non-pathogenic microbiota, primarily …

Here, we report a draft genome sequence of Aeromonas veronii strain CTe-01 (4.5 Mb), a
hemolytic, heavy metal-resistant bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant …

Here, we present a draft genome sequence of Plesiomonas shigelloides MD22D9, isolated
from the digestive tract of the North American medicinal leech Macrobdella decora. The gut …