Lucilia sericata

A novel homologue of insect defensin designated lucifensin (Lucilia defensin) was purified from the extracts of various tissues… (More)

Chronic infections are commonly associated with biofilms formed by bacteria such as Staphylococcus epidermidis. With the increase… (More)

Maggots of the green blowfly, Lucilia sericata, are used as an alternative to surgical intervention and long-term antiseptic… (More)

Low molecular weight compounds were isolated by high-performance liquid chromatography from the maggot or haemolymph extracts of… (More)

Estimates of post-mortem interval based on forensic analysis of the age of blowfly larvae on a corpse, are generated from… (More)

The antibacterial properties of secretions aseptically collected from larvae of the greenbottle fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen… (More)

Myiasis, the invasion of live human tissue by larvae of Diptera, is reported in the nasopharynx and a leg wound in two patients… (More)

BACKGROUND Larvae of the greenbottle fly Lucilia sericata are used routinely for the clinical treatment of difficult necrotic and… (More)

Developmental behavior of eggs, larva and pupa of the blowfly species Lucilia sericata (Meigen) were studied under 10 different… (More)

Green fluorescent protein-producing Escherichia coli were used to investigate the fate of bacteria in the alimentary tract of… (More)