Composition and antimicrobial activity of fatty acids detected in the hygroscopic secretion collected from the secretory setae of larvae of the biting midge Forcipomyia nigra (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1265-1276

  Urbanek, Aleksandra ^a   Szadziewski, Ryszard ^a   Stepnowski, Piotr ^a   Boros Majewska, Joanna ^b   Gabriel, Iwona ^b   Dawgul, Małgorzata ^c   Kamysz, Wojciech ^c   Sosnowska, Danuta ^d   Gołeogonekbiowski, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; Fatty acid; Forcipomyia nigra; GC MS; Glycerol; Hygroscopic secretion; Pyroglutamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CUTICLE; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FATTY ACID; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HABITAT TYPE; HYGROSCOPICITY; INSECT; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESPIRATION; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SENSILLUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SENSILLA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPOGONIDAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DIPTERA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FORCIPOMYIA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PAECILOMYCES FUMOSOROSEUS; PAECILOMYCES LILACINUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TORRUBIELLA CONFRAGOSA;

EID: 84865312207     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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