GEO DataSets

(Submitter supplied) Here, we report the use of Illumina RNA-Seq for investigating the physiology of the digestive-tract microbiome within the medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana. About 12 million cDNA reads were mapped against the genomes of the two dominant members of this simple microbiome. Results suggested that the most abundant, yet uncultured Rikenella-like bacterium forages host mucin glycans and ferments the carbohydrates to acetate that is secreted into the environment. more...

Organism:

Hirudo verbana; gut metagenome

Type:

Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing

Platform:

GPL10862

2 Samples

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