Reciprocal immune benefit based on complementary production of antibiotics by the leech Hirudo verba...
Reciprocal immune benefit based on complementary production of antibiotics by the leech Hirudo verbana and its gut symbiont Aeromonas veronii
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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The medicinal leech has established a long-term mutualistic association with
Aeromonas veronii,
a versatile bacterium which can also display free-living waterborne and fish- or human-pathogenic lifestyles. Here, we investigated the role of antibiotics in the dynamics of interaction between the leech and its gut symbiont
Aeromonas
. By c...
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Reciprocal immune benefit based on complementary production of antibiotics by the leech Hirudo verbana and its gut symbiont Aeromonas veronii
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4669451
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4669451
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2045-2322
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2045-2322
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10.1038/srep17498
