Publications by authors named "JohnMark O Makwatta"
Unlabelled: The ability of ticks to interact and adapt to different ecologies and hosts determines their vectorial competence for various pathogens; however, ticks-livestock-pathogens interaction studies are limited. With our ticks-hosts-pathogens interface studies, we found 14 species of hard ticks feeding on various livestock. Ticks showed a strong preference for one-humped camels ().
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- - The study investigates the gut microbiota of two edible wood-boring beetle larvae,
- Titocerus jaspideus
- and
- Passalus punctiger
- , highlighting the significant presence of Firmicutes, Bacteroidota, and Proteobacteria within their guts.
- Lactococcus lactis
- was identified as the dominant prokaryote in
- T. jaspideus
- , and
- Scheffersomyeces
- was noted as the core eukaryote, suggesting these microbes play important roles in the beetles' gut health and metabolism.
- - The findings indicate that these gut microbes, particularly
- L. lactis
- , possess probiotic properties that could benefit fermentation processes in food products
Trypanosomes are important global livestock and human pathogens of public health importance. Elucidating the chemical mechanisms of trypanosome-relevant host interactions can enhance the design and development of a novel, next-generation trypanosomosis diagnostics. However, it is unknown how trypanosome infection affects livestock volatile odors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOlfaction is orchestrated at different stages and involves various proteins at each step. For example, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are soluble proteins found in sensillum lymph that might encounter odorants before reaching the odorant receptors. In tsetse flies, the function of OBPs in olfaction is less understood.
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