Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies

The human skin microbiome reportedly contributes to the attraction of mosquitoes to human hosts. We tested the hypothesis that bovine skin microbes affect the attraction of blood-feeding stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, to their bovine hosts. Microbes were collected from a calf and adult cow, and...

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Main Authors: Saif A. Nayani, Sanam Meraj, Emerson Mohr, Regine Gries, Emma Kovacs, Anand Devireddy, Gerhard Gries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1212222/full