Symbiont Succession during Embryonic Development of the European Medicinal Leech, Hirudo verbana

The European medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana, harbors simple microbial communities in the digestive tract and bladder. The colonization history, infection frequency, and growth dynamics of symbionts through host embryogenesis are described using diagnostic PCR and quantitative PCR. Symbiont species...

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Published in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009-11, Vol.75 (21), p.6890-6895
Main Authors: Rio, Rita V.M, Maltz, Michele, McCormick, Benjamin, Reiss, Alexander, Graf, Joerg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Bacteria
Bacteria - classification
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Biodiversity
Biological and medical sciences
Colonization
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
DNA, Ribosomal - genetics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology
Hirudinea
Invertebrate Microbiology
Leeches - growth & development
Leeches - microbiology
Microbiology
Parasites
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics
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Summary:The European medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana, harbors simple microbial communities in the digestive tract and bladder. The colonization history, infection frequency, and growth dynamics of symbionts through host embryogenesis are described using diagnostic PCR and quantitative PCR. Symbiont species displayed diversity in temporal establishment and proliferation through leech development.
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
1098-6596
DOI:10.1128/AEM.01129-09