Probiotic Enterococcus mundtii Isolate Protects the Model Insect Tribolium castaneum against Bacillus thuringiensis

Probiotic Enterococcus mundtii Isolate Protects the Model Insect Tribolium castaneum against Bacillus thuringiensis

Enterococcus mundtii strains isolated from the larval feces of the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella show antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The in vitro probiotic characterization of one isolate revealed a high auto-aggregation sc...

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Main Authors: Thorben Grau, Andreas Vilcinskas, Gerrit Joop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Tribolium castaneum
probiotics
Enterococcus mundtii
in vivo model
antimicrobial
Bacillus thuringiensis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01261/full

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