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Paper Out: Using the wax moth larva Galleria mellonella infection model to detect emerging bacterial pathogens
A good start of the year by having a paper published. I blogged about the bioarxiv* version a while back so will keep it short this time: we injected environmental (water and sediment) samples in the Galleria caterpillar and, where … Continue reading
Posted in cool science, Cornwall, environment and human health, paper out!
Tagged AMR, Andrea Dowling, coastal pathogens, Ed Feil, Elze Hesse, emerging infectious diseases, Galleria, Galleria mellonella, Nicola Coyle, pathogens, PeerJ, publishing, Rafael Hernandez, virulence, Will Gaze
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on bioRxiv: Using the Wax moth larva Galleria mellonella infection model to detect emerging bacterial pathogens
In the past few years I have worked on and off (i.e. doing pilot experiments, having a grant proposal rejected) on a very simple, but I believe quite powerful, assay to detect pathogenic bacteria in environmental samples. As it stands, … Continue reading