Bacterial challenge-associated metabolic phenotypes in Hermetia illucens defining nutritional and functional benefits.

ABSTRACT: Black soldier fly (BSF, Hermetia illucens) is popular for its applications in animal feed, waste management and antimicrobial peptide source. The major advantages of BSF larva include their robust immune system and high nutritional content that can be further developed into more potential agricultural and medical applications. Several strategies are now being developed to exploit their fullest capabilities and one of these is the immunity modulation using bacterial challenges. The mechanism underlying metabolic responses of BSF to different bacteria has, however, remained unclear. In the current study, entometabolomics was employed to investigate the metabolic phenoconversion in response to either Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, or combined challenges in BSF larva. We have, thus f

SUBMITTER: Ho PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8639782 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature