Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae), the housefly, exhibits unique immune defenses and can produce antibacterial substances upon stimulation with bacteria. On the basis of the cDNA library constructed using the suppression subtractive hybridization method, a 1188-bp antibacterial substance gene, which we named AS566, was amplified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends from M. domestica larva s...

Most strains of Salmonellae have simple nutritional requirements and grow well, therefore, in simple media consisting of glucose, inorganic nitrogen, and mineral salts (Kauffmann, 1954). There are, however, a number of Salmonellae which are unable to synthesize certain essential vitamins and amino acids and these must be supplied in the culture medium. The need of Salmonella typhosa for tryptop...

In this study, 2 bacteriophages of Salmonella Pullorum were isolated using an enrichment protocol and the double agar layer method. They were named PSPu-95 and PSPu-4-116, respectively, against clinical isolates of Salmonella Pullorum SPu-95 and SPu-116. The host ranges of the 2 bacteriophages were determined by performing spot tests with 20 bacteria strains. Both bacteriophages had wide host r...