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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
Abstract excerpt
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 expected to be able to prevent or eliminate infections in very short periods of time. The bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila is...
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