With antibiotic resistance on the rise, there is an urgent need for new antibacterial drugs and
products to treat or prevent infection. Many such products in current use, for example human …

The ability to feed on a wide range of diets has enabled insects to diversify and colonize
specialized niches. Carrion, for example, is highly susceptible to microbial decomposers, but …

Abstract Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a blow fly genus of forensic,
medical, veterinary, and agricultural importance. This genus is also famous because of its …

Necrophagous beetles utilize carrion, a highly nutritious resource that is susceptible to
intense microbial competition, by treating it with antimicrobial anal and oral secretions …

Purpose: We report an outbreak of urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by Myroides
odoratimimus, which occurred in the largest clinical hospital in western Romania. Patients …

The black blow fly, Phormia regina (Meigen)(Diptera: Calliphoridae) is one of the most
abundant carrion flies in North America. Calliphorids are important in agriculture and animal …

Because of the nutritional ecology of dung-and carrion-feeding, bacteria are the integral part
of Lucilia sericata life cycle. Nevertheless, the disinfected larvae of the blowfly are applied to …

Flesh flies of the genus Sarcophaga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) are carrion‐breeding,
necrophagous insects important in medical and veterinary entomology as potential …

The surface-associated microflora on four deteriorated historical books kept in the library of
a Nigerian museum were studied to identify microbial communities present, determine …

Animal remains represent ephemeral resources that provide nutrients to a wide range of
organisms. On death, vertebrate carrion is immediately colonized with a variety of …