The innate immune system is present in all animals and is a crucial first line of defence
against pathogens. However, animals also harbour large numbers of beneficial …

Beneficial associations with bacteria are widespread across animals, spanning a range of
symbiont localizations, transmission routes, and functions. While some of these associations …

Highlights•Aeromonas is an ubiquitous hydrotelluric bacterium.•Aeromonas is at the
interface between humans, animals and the environment.•Aeromonas can be responsible …

Aeromonas veronii is a gram-negative species abundant in aquatic environments that
causes disease in humans as well as terrestrial and aquatic animals. In the current study, 41 …

The hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes harbors a complex symbiotic community
consisting of protists, bacteria, and archaea. These symbionts aid in the digestion of …

Aeromonas species are inhabitants of aquatic environments and are able to cause disease
in humans and fish among other animals. In aquaculture, they are responsible for the …

Abstract Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni (Enterobacteriaceae, Gammaproteobacteria)
is an obligate intracellular symbiont of the blood feeding deer ked, Lipoptena cervi (Diptera …

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

Digestive-tract microbiota exert tremendous influence over host health. Host-symbiont model
systems are studied to investigate how symbioses are initiated and maintained, as well as to …

Three anaerobic bacterial strains were isolated from the digestive tract of the medicinal
leech Hirudo verbana, using mucin as the primary carbon and energy source. These strains …