This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Laufer, A. S.
Right arrow Articles by Graf, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Laufer, A. S.
Right arrow Articles by Graf, J.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Laufer, A. S.
Right arrow Articles by Graf, J.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2008, p. 6151-6154, Vol. 74, No. 19
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00795-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of the Digestive-Tract Microbiota of Hirudo orientalis, a European Medicinal Leech{triangledown}

Alison S. Laufer,1,{dagger} Mark E. Siddall,2 and Joerg Graf1*

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269,1 Sackler Institute of Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York 100242

Received 7 April 2008/ Accepted 4 August 2008

FDA-approved, postoperative use of leeches can lead to bacterial infections. In this study, we used culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to characterize the digestive-tract microbiota of Hirudo orientalis. Surprisingly, two Aeromonas species, A. veronii and A. jandaei, were cultured. Uncultured Rikenella-like bacteria were most similar to isolates from Hirudo verbana.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N. Eagleville Rd., Unit-3125, Storrs, CT 06269. Phone: (860) 486-9284. Fax: (860) 486-4331. E-mail: joerg.graf{at}uconn.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 August 2008.

{dagger} Present address: Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2008, p. 6151-6154, Vol. 74, No. 19
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00795-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»