Symbiotic mutualisms of bacteria and animals are ubiquitous in nature, running a continuum
from facultative to obligate from the perspectives of both partners. The loss of functions …

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

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 …

Persistent bacterial presence is believed to play an important role in host adaptation to
specific niches that would otherwise be unavailable, including the exclusive consumption of …

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

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 …

The loss of functions required for independent life when living within a host gives rise to
reduced genomes in obligate bacterial symbionts. Although this phenomenon can be …

RESUMO O trabalho questiona a hipótese da existência de um tabu em relação à
hirudoterapia no Brasil e supõe uma maior aceitabilidade e noção básica sobre a técnica …

Anotace: Effects of ecological and environmental factors on the composition of the
microbiome were studied on selected hematophagous arthropods in comparison with …

The medicinal leech is a developing experimental model of gut symbioses. Aeromonas
veronii and Mucinivorans hirudinis are core members of the gut microbial community in …