Abstract
Nonmammalian model systems of infection have been employed recently to study bacterial virulence. For instance, Galleria mellonella (the greater wax moth) has been shown to be susceptible to infection by many bacterial pathogens including the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. In contrast to the traditional animal models for C. jejuni such as the chick colonization model and ferret diarrheal model, the Galleria mellonella infection model has the advantages of lower cost, ease of use and no animal breeding is required. However, injecting the larvae with bacteria requires care to avoid killing of larvae, which could lead to misleading results. Here, we describe the infection of G. mellonella larvae by C. jejuni and how to record/interpret results.
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Askoura, M., Stintzi, A. (2017). Using Galleria mellonella as an Infection Model for Campylobacter jejuni Pathogenesis. In: Butcher, J., Stintzi, A. (eds) Campylobacter jejuni. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1512. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6536-6_14
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