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Galleria Mellonella as a Model Host to Study Gut Microbe Homeostasis and Brain Infection by the Human Pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes

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Yellow Biotechnology I

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Abbreviations

CNS:

Central nervous system

AMP:

Antimicrobial peptide

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge financial support from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art (HMWK) via the collaborative research projects granted under the LOEWE programs “Insect Biotechnology” (Insektenbiotechnologie) and “Translational Pharmaceutical Research” (Angewandte Arzneimittelforschung). The authors thank Dr Richard M Twyman for editing the manuscript.

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    Krishnendu Mukherjee, Rainer Fischer & Andreas Vilcinskas

  2. Institute of Phytopathology and Applied Zoology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 39592, Giessen, Germany

    Ramya Raju & Andreas Vilcinskas

  3. Department of Molecular Biology, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Forckenbeckstr 6, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Rainer Fischer

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Mukherjee, K., Raju, R., Fischer, R., Vilcinskas, A. (2013). Galleria Mellonella as a Model Host to Study Gut Microbe Homeostasis and Brain Infection by the Human Pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes . In: Vilcinskas, A. (eds) Yellow Biotechnology I. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2013_203

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