GenomicsMicrobiology SpectrumPeer-reviewed
A new guest to the blood feast: a novel symbiotic lineage associated with a haematophagous leech from the genus Haementeria
Víctor Manuel Sosa-Jiménez, Sebastian Kvist, Alejandro Manzano-Marı́n, Alejandro Francisco Oceguera-Figueroa
The paper identifies a novel bacterial endosymbiont in Haementeria leeches, showing genome reduction and B vitamin biosynthesis, and reports the first case of symbiont replacement in leeches without morphological changes.