Secretory Profile of Selected Gut Bacteria of Cockroaches: A Potential Source of Anti-Infective Agents

Noor Akbar; Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui; Mohamed Yehia Abouleish; Jibran Sualeh Muhammad; Naveed Ahmed Khan

doi:10.2174/2211352520666220119093709

Secretory Profile of Selected Gut Bacteria of Cockroaches: A Potential Source of Anti-Infective Agents

Noor Akbar, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Mohamed Yehia Abouleish, Jibran Sualeh Muhammad, Naveed Ahmed Khan^*

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Pests, such as cockroaches, thrive in polluted conditions that are detrimental to Homo sapiens, suggesting that such species possess mechanisms to protect themselves against pathogens. Besides their immunity to fight pathogens, we hypothesize that the microbial gut flora of pests produces antimicrobials to thwart communicable diseases. It is proposed that the search for new antimicrobials originating from unusual sources will generate useful leads in the identification of new anti-infective agents.

Original language	English
Article number	e190122200350
Journal	Anti-Infective Agents
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/2211352520666220119093709
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2022

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anti infective agents
antimicrobials
Cockroach
gut bacteria
pathogens
pests

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