Special Collection: Filth Fly-Microbe Interactions

Our knowledge of the biology of filth flies, in particular their associations with microbes is a blossoming area of study. The fairly recent availability of “omic” resources such as genomes, transcriptomes, and microbiomes for the most important of these fly species, and advent of new and improving techniques for studying fly–microbe interactions on a biochemical, cellular, and molecular level, collectively provide exciting opportunities to discover novel targets for fly control and mitigation as well as avenues to exploit filth fly biology for human benefit. The papers in this special collection have the common theme of using these next-generation resources and innovative approaches to study the biology of fly–microbe interactions.

Special collection: filth fly-microbe interactions
Dana Nayduch

Flourishing in filth: house fly-microbe interactions across life history
Dana Nayduch

A Review of Bacterial Interactions with Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Medical, Veterinary, and Forensic Importance
Jeffrey Tomberlin

Abundance and accumulation of Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium procured by male and female house flies (Diptera: Muscidae) exposed to cattle manure
Dana Nayduch

The Dynamic Maggot Mass Microbiome
Eric Benbow

Persistence of Two Salmonella enterica ser. Montevideo Strains Throughout Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Larval and Pupal Development
Pia Olafson

Microbial communities associated with stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) larvae and their developmental substrates
Kristina Friesen

Interkingdom Cues by Bacteria Associated with Conspecific and Heterospecific Eggs of Cochliomyia macellaria and Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Potentially Govern Succession on Carrion
Jeffrey Tomberlin

Filth fly transmission of E. coli O157:H7 an Salmonella enterica to lettuce, Lactuca sativa
Astri Wayadande