| characterization of the digestive-tract microbiota of hirudo orientalis, a european medicinal leech. | 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. | 2008 | 18689513 |
| characterization of the digestive tract microbiota of hirudo orientalis (medicinal leech) and antibiotic resistance profile. | there are at least three distinct european leech species used medicinally: hirudo medicinalis, h. orientalis, and h. verbana. infection caused by leech microbiota is the most widely reported complication. few studies have reported the culturable and unculturable bacteria and examined the antibiotic resistances in h. orientalis. | 2014 | 24572887 |
| a new species of the medicinal leech (oligochaeta, hirudinida, hirudo) from transcaucasia and an identification key for the genus hirudo. | a recent molecular phylogenetic study has suggested that the genus hirudo contains a neglected species previously known as the orientalis coloration type of the medicinal leech hirudo medicinalis. in this paper, the new species is formally described as hirudo orientalis sp. n. it can most readily be identified by the grass green coloration of the dorsum, segmentally arranged pairs of black quadrangular or rounded dots on its paramarginal dorsal stripes and similarly arranged, but less regular li ... | 2005 | 16261357 |