Antimicrobial potential of a ponericin-like peptide isolated from Bombyx mori L. hemolymph in response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Abstract The main effectors in the innate immune system of Bombyx mori L. are antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Here, we infected B. mori with varied inoculum sizes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25668 cells to investigate changes in morpho-anatomical responses, physiological processes and AMP producti...

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Main Authors: Jannatun Nesa, Swapan Kumar Jana, Abdul Sadat, Kinkar Biswas, Ahmet Kati, Ozge Kaya, Rittick Mondal, Paulami Dam, Mintu Thakur, Anoop Kumar, Maidul Hossain, Lucas R. Lima, Samilla B. Rezende, Debjoy Bhattacharjya, Debnirmalya Gangopadhyay, Suvankar Ghorai, Sevde Altuntas, Amiya Kumar Panda, Pinak Chakrabarti, Shambhu Swarnakar, Joydeep Chakraborty, Berfin Yilmaz, Maria L. R. Macedo, Octávio L. Franco, Marlon H. Cardoso, Amit Kumar Mandal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19450-8