Characterization of shed medicinal leech mucus reveals a diverse microbiota
Microbial transmission through mucosal-mediated mechanisms is widespread throughout the animal kingdom. One example of this occurs with <i>Hirudo verbana</i>, the medicinal leech, where host attraction to shed conspecific mucus facilitates horizontal transmission of a predominant gut sym...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00757/full |