Insects are the most widespread group of organisms and more than one million species
have been described. These animals have significant ecological functions, for example they …

The invertebrate model, Galleria mellonella, has been widely used to study host–pathogen
interactions due to its cheapness, ease of handling, and similar mammalian innate immune …

Insect pests represent a major threat to human health and agricultural production. With a
current over‐dependence on chemical insecticides in the control of insect pests, leading to …

The relationship between insect pathogenic fungi and their insect hosts is a classic example
of a co-evolutionary arms race between pathogen and target host: parasites evolve towards …

The food flavour additive octanoic acid (C8: 0) is also a metabolite of the entomopathogenic
fungus Conidiobolus coronatus, which efficiently infects and rapidly kills Galleria mellonella …

Mycoses are a global problem that affects humans and animals. In the present study, the
entomopathogenic soil fungus Conidiobolus coronatus (Entomophthorales), infecting in …

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), has been a global health concern. Mtb affects over a third of the world's …

Dermanyssus gallinae, the poultry red mite (PRM), is an obligate ectoparasite feeding on
poultry blood, seriously affecting the health of layers and egg production. The control of …

Simple Summary The interaction between insect and fungus is characterised on the one
hand by the parasite developing more effective strategies of host exploitation, and on the …

Cytolytic (Cyt)-like genes are present in both pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Bacterial Cyt
proteins can destroy insect midgut epithelial cells after ingestion by hosts and some of them …