Metagenomic Analysis of the Medicinal Leech Gut Microbiota

Metagenomic Analysis of the Medicinal Leech Gut Microbiota

There are trillions of microbes found throughout the human body and they exceed the number of eukaryotic cells by ten-fold. Metagenomic studies have revealed that the majority of these microbes are found within the gut, playing an important role in the host’s digestion and nutrition. The complexity...

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Main Authors: Michele A Maltz, Lindsey eBomar, Pascal eLapierre, Hilary G Morrison, Emily Ann McClure, Mitchell L Sogin, Joerg eGraf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Symbiosis
high throughput sequencing
medicinal leech
beneficial microbes
Aeromonas veronii
Rikenella-like bacterium
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00151/full

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