Publications by authors named "Zhuo-Hua Chen"
Biological modifications of the silk fibroin (silk) material have broad applications in textiles, biomedical materials and other industrial materials. It is economical to incorporate nanoparticles to the biosynthesis of silk fibroin by adding them to silkworm larval diets. This strategy may result in the rapid stable production of modified silk.
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- Artificial diets for silkworms are important in silk production but face challenges like weak larvae and low silk protein production.
- A study analyzed the gut microbiota of silkworms fed on mulberry leaves versus an artificial diet, finding that different bacterial communities exist based on the diet.
- The research revealed that the artificial diet resulted in lower diversity of gut microbiota, which affected the silkworms' nutrient metabolism and immune resistance compared to those fed on mulberry leaves.
Silkworms (Bombyx mori) reared on artificial diets have great potential applications in sericulture. However, the mechanisms underlying the enhancement of metabolic utilization by altering silkworm nutrition are unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the poor development and low silk protein synthesis efficiency of silkworms fed artificial diets.
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