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Chitosan diet alters the microbiome of adult house flies
2022-08-31
Abstract excerpt
House flies are disease vectors, carrying human pathogens which include Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholera . To explore the use of chitosan as a bioinsecticide, we evaluated the effects of a chitosan-amended diet on Musca domestica (house fly). We first conducted longevity experiments to understand the impact of chitosan on house fly longevity. We confirmed that chitosan diet amendment is associated with reduc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2e5d0f04-292a-5b67-9d18-597703135770
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.08.31.502951
