| Autor: |
Sulaiman Alnaimat, Milton Wainwright, Saleem Aladaileh |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
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| Zdroj: |
Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences. 6:137-142 |
| ISSN: |
1995-6673 |
| Popis: |
In this work an attempt was performed to investigate the in vitro ability of Lucilia sericata maggots to control fungi involved in superficial fungal infections. A novel GFP-modified yeast culture to enable direct visualization of the ingestion of yeast cells by maggot larvae as a method of control was used. The obtained results showed that the GFP-modified yeasts were successfully ingested by Lucilia sericata maggots and 1mg/ml of Lucilia sericata maggots excretions/ secretions (ES) showed a considerable anti-fungal activity against the growth of Trichophyton terrestre mycelium, the radial growth inhibition after 10 days of incubation reached 41.2 ±1.8 % in relation to the control, these results could lead to the possible application of maggot therapy in the treatment of wounds undergoing fungal infection. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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