Publications

differential sensitivity to infections and antimicrobial peptide-mediated immune response in four silkworm strains with different geographical origin.	the domesticated silkworm bombyx mori has an innate immune system, whose main effectors are the antimicrobial peptides (amps). silkworm strains are commonly grouped into four geographical types (japanese, chinese, european and tropical) and are generally characterised by a variable susceptibility to infections. to clarify the genetic and molecular mechanisms on which the different responses to infections are based, we exposed one silkworm strain for each geographical area to oral infections with ...	2017	28432358
midgut bacteria in deltamethrin-resistant, deltamethrin-susceptible, and field-caught populations of plutella xylostella, and phenomics of the predominant midgut bacterium enterococcus mundtii.	gut bacteria play a significant role in host insect. this study evaluated detail difference of midgut bacteria in deltamethrin-resistant, deltamethrin-susceptible and field-caught populations of diamondback moth, and studied phenomics of the predominant midgut bacterium enterococcus mundtii. cultivable bacteria revealed that e. mundtii and carnobacterium maltaromaticum dominated the bacterial populations from deltamethrin-resistant and deltamethrin-susceptible larval midguts, whereas e. mundtii ...	2017	28512315
probiotic enterococcus mundtii isolate protects the model insect tribolium castaneum against bacillus thuringiensis.	enterococcus mundtii strains isolated from the larval feces of the mediterranean flour moth ephestia kuehniella show antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. the in vitro probiotic characterization of one isolate revealed a high auto-aggregation score, a hydrophilic cell surface, tolerance for low ph, no hemolytic activity, and susceptibility to all tested antibiotics. we used the red flour beetle tribolium castaneum, an established model organ ...	2017	28736550
purification and characterization of trypsin produced by gut bacteria from anticarsia gemmatalis.	purification of active trypsin in the digestive process of insects is essential for the development of potent protease inhibitors (pis) as an emerging pest control technology and research into insect adaptations to dietary pis. an important aspect is the presence of proteolytic microorganisms, which contribute to host nutrition. here, we purified trypsins produced by bacteria bacillus cereus, enterococcus mundtii, enterococcus gallinarum, and staphylococcus xylosus isolated from the midgut of an ...	2017	28762531