Identification of Olfactory Genes From the Greater Wax Moth by Antennal Transcriptome Analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 The olfactory system is used by insects to find hosts, mates, and oviposition sites. Insects have different types of olfactory proteins, including odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), chemosensory proteins (CSPs), odorant receptors (ORs), ionotropic ...
Xing-Chuan Jiang +10 more
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The genome sequence of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from an individual male Galleria mellonella (the Greater Wax Moth; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). The genome sequence is 466.9 megabases in span.
Maxwell V. L. Barclay +2 more
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Isoflurane Is Effective for Anesthesia of the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) Larvae [PDF]
InsectsGalleria mellonella (wax moth) larvae are increasingly used as model organisms in biomedical research, yet ethical guidelines for their anesthesia and euthanasia are lacking.
Jakub M. Kwiecinski
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The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.) uses two different sensory modalities to evaluate the suitability of potential oviposition sites [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 An ovipositing insect evaluates the benefits and risks associated with the selection of an oviposition site for optimizing the fitness and survival of its offspring.
Saravan Kumar Parepely +4 more
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The Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiota of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L. Consuming Polyethylene and Polystyrene [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Plastic production has been increasing exponentially in the last 60 years, but plastic disposal is out of control, resulting in the pollution of all ecosystems on Earth.
Juliana M. Ruiz Barrionuevo +15 more
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Genome Sequence of Galleria mellonella (Greater Wax Moth). [PDF]
Genome Announc, 2018 ABSTRACT The larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella , are pests of active beehives. In infection biology, these larvae are playing a more and more attractive role as an invertebrate host model. Here, we report on the first genome sequence of Galleria mellonella .
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The Biology and Control of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella. [PDF]
Insects, 2017 The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is a ubiquitous pest of the honeybee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, and Apis cerana Fabricius. The greater wax moth larvae burrow into the edge of unsealed cells with pollen, bee brood, and honey through to the midrib of honeybee comb.
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Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) as an eco-friendly in vivo approach for the assessment of the acute toxicity of medicinal plants: Application to some plants from Cameroon [PDF]
Open Veterinary Journal, 2021 Background: The evaluation of medicinal plants’ toxicity is a prerequisite prior to their usage. The vertebrate models used for this purpose are often the object of ethical consideration. Though invertebrate models including Galleria mellonella (GM) have
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The greater wax moth Galleria mellonella: biology and use in immune studies. [PDF]
Pathog Dis, 2020 ABSTRACTThe greater wax moth Galleria mellonella is an invertebrate that is increasingly being used in scientific research. Its ease of reproduction, numerous offspring, short development cycle, and finally, its known genome and immune-related transcriptome provide a convenient research model for investigation of insect immunity at biochemical and ...
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The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae): sequence and phylogenetic analysis comparison based on whole mitogenome [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 The larva of Galleria mellonella is widely used as a model organism for in vivo toxicology and pathogenicity testing. Here, we report complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) from G.
Yeong-Jun Park +6 more
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