Bacterial Induced Immunity Studies in Selected Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) Germ Plasm Strains
P. Gajalakshmi¹ and A. Raja²
¹Department of Microbiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College of Arts and Science for women, Perambalur India. ²Jamal Mohamed College of Arts and Science (Autonomous) Trichy India.
Abstract:
The present investigation was an attempt to understand the immune mechanism prevailing in the selected multivoltine and bivoltine silkworm accessions. The silkworm acession were subjected to study after injecting with attenuated preparation of microorganism. Viz., E.coli to the late age (Vth instar) silkworms. The cellular and humoral responses were studied through haemocyte counts and protein profiles expressed in control and treated silkworm larvae through SDS-PAGE followed by antimicrobial assay. The present study demonstrates that silkworm can be best used to produce several antibacterial proteins useful for the human beings in addition to its main role for the production of silk.
Keywords:Multivoltine and Bivoltine silkworm; Haemolymph; Cellular; Humoral responses
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