Publications by authors named "Landen Van Hulzen"
Article Synopsis
- Cockroaches show varying levels of susceptibility to Typhimurium infection, and their gut microbiota plays a key protective role against this colonization.
- Research indicates that the presence of commensal bacteria in the gut does not directly compete with Typhimurium but helps activate the cockroach's defenses by boosting antimicrobial peptide production.
- The study reveals that specific minority bacterial species, rather than the overall number or diversity of gut bacteria, are important for understanding infection susceptibility, highlighting cockroaches as a potential model for studying microbial interactions and reducing disease spread.
When Typhimurium is ingested by German cockroaches, the bacteria replicate in the gut and persist for at least 7 d, enabling transmission in the feces. However, the mechanisms that facilitate survival and persistence in the cockroach gut remain poorly detailed. We previously reported the formation of biofilm-like aggregate populations of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe German cockroach (Blattella germanica) has been linked to transmission of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), but infection dynamics within this vector are poorly characterized. Our recent work has focused on S.
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