Insect antimicrobial peptides: potential weapons to counteract the antibiotic resistance

MD Manniello, A Moretta, R Salvia, C Scieuzo… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed in the last decades to a phenomenon
known as antibiotic resistance which is currently considered one of the principal threats to …

Retention of lumpy skin disease virus in Stomoxys spp (Stomoxys calcitrans, Stomoxys sitiens, Stomoxys indica) following intrathoracic inoculation, Diptera …

A Issimov, DB Taylor, M Shalmenov, B Nurgaliyev… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an emerging disease of cattle in Kazakhstan and the means of
transmission remains uncertain. In the current study, retention of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus …

The genome of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, reveals potential mechanisms underlying reproduction, host interactions, and novel targets for pest control

PU Olafson, S Aksoy, GM Attardo, G Buckmeier… - Bmc Biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, is a major blood-feeding pest of
livestock that has near worldwide distribution, causing an annual cost of over $2 billion for …

SAPdb: A database of short peptides and the corresponding nanostructures formed by self-assembly

D Mathur, H Kaur, A Dhall, N Sharma… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanostructures generated by self-assembly of peptides yield nanomaterials that have many
therapeutic applications, including drug delivery and biomedical engineering, due to their …

Molecular Diversity and Evolution of Antimicrobial Peptides in Musca domestica

S Qi, B Gao, S Zhu - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
As a worldwide sanitary insect pest, the housefly Musca domestica can carry and transmit
more than 100 human pathogens without suffering any illness itself, indicative of the high …

Infection of the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, L. 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) by the Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) …

SBS Baleba, A Agbessenou, MN Getahun… - Frontiers in Fungal …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Entomopathogenic fungi can cause substantial mortality in harmful insects. Before killing the
insect, these pathogens start by negatively affecting the biological parameters of the host …

Infection and reinfection of Stomoxys calcitrans larvae (Diptera: Muscidae) by entomopathogenic nematodes in different times of exposure

AC Monteiro, ILA Costa, GC Souza… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Stomoxys calcitrans is a hematophagous dipteran. Several agents are used in biological
control, including entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs). Bioassay I involved an evaluation …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of the immune induced antimicrobial peptide in Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila ananassae

RN Meghashree, K Nagaraj - EJE, 2021 - eje.cz
Insects can recognize invading pathogens and initiate an immune response. Among them,
Drosophila has emerged as an invertebrate model for investigating innate immune …