Microbial Influence on Reproduction, Conversion and Growth on Mass Production of Insects.

One important feature of insect rearing is its apparent, and sometimes non-apparent, reliance on the bacterial ecosystem. Indeed, microbes contribute to insect nutrition, protection against natural enemies, and detoxification of dietary compounds, antibiotics, and insecticides. Further, microbes have been implicated as the source of signals and cues important to insect communication. But the incidence and general significance of these functions is only just being explored in the context of mass production of insects. Knowledge of the diversity and functional distribution of these microorganisms in mass-rearing systems is key to understanding microbial dynamics and to enhance system performance. Therefore, this brief review is a synthesis of literature surrounding insect rearing systems for the primary insects reared as food and feed (i.e., black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), mealworms (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and cricket (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) with a focus on recent advances pertaining to microbial contribution to reproduction, growth, and waste conversion.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Current Opinion in Insect Science

• Publication date

  2021-10-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.cois.2021.10.001PMID 34655809
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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