The Role of Symbiotic Bacteria Living in Specific Complexes in Mouth Corners in the Regulation of the Normal Vital Activity of the Dwarfhamster Phodopus campbelli

摘要

External skin glands of mammals, including rodents, are a suitable place for the formation of bacterial flora complexes. However, the importance of this flora for the animal host is often unclear. It is generally believed that the main role of specific skin glands and their secretions is their involvement in various aspects of chemical communication, and the activity of the bacterial flora makes an important contribution to the formation of the specific odoi of the gland secretion [1, 2, etc.]. However, evidence is being accumulated that suggests a much more complex and multifold role of the bacteiia that ate present in specific skin glands. For example, the glandula nictitans (Hardei's gland) of the Mongolian gerbil may be involved in theimoregulation [3]. It is assumed that some specific skin glands and their secretes may be involved in local immunity in bats and ungulates [4, 5].