Human activities, industrialization and civilization have deteriorated the environment which
eventually has led to alarming effects on plants and animals by heightened amounts of …

Cockroaches have existed for 300 million years and more than 4600 extant species have
been described. Throughout their evolution, cockroaches have been associated with …

Single host–symbiont interactions should be reconsidered from the perspective of the
pathobiome. We revisit here the interactions between entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) …

The use of microorganisms for biological pest control as biological control agents (BCAs)
and biopesticides was developed worldwide in the 1960s. Despite the abundance of …

Abstract BACKGROUND Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)(spotted wing drosophila),
an invasive species, has recently become a significant global pest of soft‐skinned fruits such …

Larvae of the black soldier fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens are polyphagous feeders and show
tremendous bioconversion capabilities of organic matter into high-quality insect biomass …

Soil‐dwelling entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN s) kill arthropod hosts by injecting their
symbiotic bacteria into the host hemolymph and feed on the bacteria and the tissue of the …

Alcaligenes aquatilis QD168 is a marine, aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium,
isolated from an oil-polluted sediment of Quintero Bay, an industrial-coastal zone that has …

Abstract Crops expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-derived insecticidal protein genes
have been commercially available for over 15 years and are providing significant value to …

Alcaligenes faecalis D334 was determined in this study as a salt-tolerant bacterium isolated
from mangrove sediment. In response to 6%(w/v) NaCl, strain D334 produced the highest …