Experimental infections of Rana esculenta with Aeromonas hydrophila: a molecular mechanism for the control of the normal flora.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00407.x

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Experimental infections of Rana esculenta with Aeromonas hydrophila: a molecular mechanism for the control of the normal flora.

Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Oct 1998

Simmaco M, Mangoni M L, Boman A, Barra D, Boman H G

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Frogs can be useful models for studying the mechanisms that may regulate their natural microbial flora. Their skin glands produce a secretion containing 20-30 different peptides, some antimicrobial some neurotrophic. As they often live in soil or silt that is rich in microbes, they can be expecte...

Topics

Aeromonas hydrophila
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Glucocorticoids
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Mutation
Rabbits
Rana esculenta

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