Although many insects successfully live in dangerous environments exposed to diverse
communities of microbes, they are often exploited and killed by specialist pathogens …

Insects are one of the major sources of antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs). Since
observation of antimicrobial activity in the hemolymph of pupae from the giant silk moths …

Background Consuming insects as an alternative protein source is considered a future trend
and a viable strategy that could potentially contribute to global food security. Insects are a …

The insect immune response demonstrates many similarities to the innate immune response
of mammals and a wide range of insects is now employed to assess the virulence of …

Investigation of insect immune mechanisms provides important information concerning
innate immunity, which in many aspects is conserved in animals. This is one of the reasons …

Gene‐encoded anti‐microbial peptides (AMPs) are widespread in nature, as they are
synthesized by microorganisms as well as by multicellular organisms from both the vegetal …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short proteins with antimicrobial activity. A large portion of
known AMPs originate from insects, and the number and diversity of these molecules in …

There is an increasing interest in the use of insects in animal feed since they contain high
proteins levels, lipids, vitamins and minerals. In particular, insect-derived proteins are seen …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are part of the armament that insects have developed to fight
off pathogens. Insect AMPs are typically cationic and often made of less than 100 amino acid …

The use of invertebrates for in vivo studies in microbiology is well established in the scientific
community. Larvae of Galleria mellonella are a widely used model for studying …