An assessment of the antibacterial activity in larval excretion/secretion of four species of insects recorded in association with corpses, using Lucilia sericata Meigen as the marker species

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Barnes, K M ^a,b   Gennard, D E ^a   Dixon, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antibacterial; Calliphora vicina; Dermestes maculatus; Lucilia sericata; secretions; Tenebrio molitor

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEETLE; CARRION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DETRITIVORY; FLY; LARVA; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; PH; SECRETIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BODILY SECRETIONS; CADAVER; DIPTERA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARVA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DERMESTES MACULATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 78650542304     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000748530999071X     Document Type: Article

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