Microbial Environment Affects Innate Immunity in Two Closely Related Earthworm Species Eisenia andrei and Eisenia fetida

Jiří Dvořák; Veronika Mančíková; Václav Pižl; Dana Elhottová; Marcela Šilerová; Radka Roubalová; František Škanta; Petra Procházková; Martin Bilej

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079257

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Microbial Environment Affects Innate Immunity in Two Closely Related Earthworm Species Eisenia andrei and Eisenia fetida

Jiří Dvořák,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Veronika Mančíková,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Václav Pižl,

Affiliation Department of Soil Zoology and Soil Microstructure, Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Dana Elhottová,

Affiliation Department of Soil Zoology and Soil Microstructure, Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Marcela Šilerová,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Radka Roubalová,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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František Škanta,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Petra Procházková,

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Martin Bilej

* E-mail: mbilej@biomed.cas.cz

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Prague, Czech Republic
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Microbial Environment Affects Innate Immunity in Two Closely Related Earthworm Species Eisenia andrei and Eisenia fetida

Jiří Dvořák,
Veronika Mančíková,
Václav Pižl,
Dana Elhottová,
Marcela Šilerová,
Radka Roubalová,
František Škanta,
Petra Procházková,
Martin Bilej

Published: November 1, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079257

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