Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that infect numerous and diverse arthropod species
including economic pests of crops and disease vectors affecting livestock and humans …

This study explores the environmental effects of five common veterinary antibiotics widely
detected in the environment,(chlortetracycline, CTC; oxytetracycline, OTC; florfenicol, FF; …

Comparisons of animals bearing and lacking microorganisms can offer valuable insight into
the interactions between animal hosts and their resident microbiota. Most hosts are naturally …

Soils contaminated with antibiotics may exert effects on soil-dwelling animals. A systematic
ecological toxicity assessment of norfloxacin on the soil collembolan Folsomia candida (F …

Diet quality widely affects the survival, development, fecundity, longevity, and hatchability of
insects. We used the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) to determine the …

RNAi-based genetically engineered (GE) crops for the management of insect pests are likely
to be commercialized by the end of this decade. Without a workable framework for …

Abstract The bacterium Wolbachia (order Rickettsiales), representing perhaps the most
abundant vertically transmitted microbe worldwide, infects arthropods and filarial …

Rickettsia is a genus of intracellular bacteria that causes a variety of diseases in humans
and other mammals and associates with a diverse group of arthropods. Although Rickettsia …

Environmental pressures, such as physical factors, diet and contaminants may affect
interactions between microbial symbionts and their multicellular hosts. Despite obvious …

The effects of pig manure, from diets incorporating veterinary pharmaceuticals, on survival
and reproduction of Folsomia candida were evaluated. Manures derived from the following …