A secreted antibacterial neuropeptide shapes the microbiome of Hydra

Certain neuropeptides, in addition to their neuromodulatory functions, display antibacterial activities of unclear significance. Here, the authors show that a secreted neuropeptide modulates the distribution of bacterial communities on the body surface during development of the model organism Hydra.

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Main Authors: René Augustin, Katja Schröder, Andrea P. Murillo Rincón, Sebastian Fraune, Friederike Anton-Erxleben, Eva-Maria Herbst, Jörg Wittlieb, Martin Schwentner, Joachim Grötzinger, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Thomas C. G. Bosch
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b06c2c46e7bd4744804e80fc8a25bed4
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