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SUBMITTER: Laufer AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2565982 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laufer Alison S AS Siddall Mark E ME Graf Joerg J
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080808 19
FDA-approved, postoperative use of leeches can lead to bacterial infections. In this study, we used culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to characterize the digestive-tract microbiota of Hirudo orientalis. Surprisingly, two Aeromonas species, A. veronii and A. jandaei, were cultured. Uncultured Rikenella-like bacteria were most similar to isolates from Hirudo verbana. ...[more]