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  • Title: Novel role for Aeromonas jandaei as a digestive tract symbiont of the North American medicinal leech.
    Author: Siddall ME, Worthen PL, Johnson M, Graf J.
    Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol; 2007 Jan; 73(2):655-8. PubMed ID: 17114316.
    Abstract:
    The gut bacteria of the North American medicinal leech, Macrobdella decora, were characterized. Biochemical tests and DNA sequences indicated that Aeromonas jandaei is the dominant culturable symbiont in leeches from a broad geographic area. In this work we identified a new habitat for A. jandaei, and here we suggest that there is unexpected specificity between leeches and Aeromonas species.
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