Echerichia coli Biofilm Formation in Musca domestica Crops

The house fly, Musca domestica can transmit human pathogens including Escherichia coli O157:H7 through regurgitation of ingested bacteria from the crop which is a foregut organ of house fly and stores the excess ingested nutrients. Interactions between the ingested bacteria and the crop have a direc...

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Main Author: Wang, Lufan
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2016
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/336
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&context=masters_theses_2