'If One Green Bottle...': Audrey Thomas Looks Back on the Cauldron of History

2000 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-669
Author(s):  
Ed Kleiman
Keyword(s):  
Audrey Thomas ◽  
Green Bottle

scholarly journals Description of a Herpetomonas parasitic in the alimentary tract of the common green-bottle fly, Lucilia sp

Parasitology ◽  
1911 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Strickland
Keyword(s):  
Alimentary Tract ◽  
Reserve Material ◽  
Filamentous Form ◽  
Green Bottle ◽  
The Common

1. The parasite described inhabits the alimentary tract of two species of Lucilia. In addition it has a resting stage—the ‘cyst’—which is passed in the voided excrement of the insect.2. When the cyst is ingested by a fly it grows in length and becomes flagellated in the ‘crop’; in the midgut it greatly elongates and multiplies rapidly by division; in the hindgut it first shortens, then becomes spherical, and finally oval and cyst-like, meanwhile losing its flagellum.3. The cysts measure 3 μ, the fully flagellate forms 20 μ, in length.4. The cysts possess a cytostome and cytopharynx, the functions of which are probably nutritive.5. The flagellum consists of two parts (i) a cytoplasmic part, which probably subserves the power of movement and which I therefore propose to call the kinetoplasm, and (ii) a thread of chromatin secreted by the rhizoplast.6. The function of the chromatin in the flagellum is probably to sustain a filamentous form.7. The nucleus divides by a definite process something akin to mitosis.8. The chromidia serve as reserve material for the supply of chromatin in the cell. They are secreted probably by cell-plastids.9. I propose the name of this parasite be Herpetomonas luciliae, and that the genus Herpetomonas should be defined so as to include the forms described as Leptomonas.

scholarly journals Potential Decontamination of Drinking Water Pathogens through k-Carrageenan Integrated Green Bottle Fly Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 1936 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Abu-Saied ◽  
Mohamed Elnouby ◽  
Tarek Taha ◽  
Muhammad El-shafeey ◽  
Ali G. Alshehri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Antimicrobial Activity ◽  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Polymeric Nanoparticles ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Spectrophotometric Analysis ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Green Bottle

The wide distribution of infections-related pathogenic microbes is almost related to the contamination of food and/or drinking water. The current applied treatments face some limitations. In the current study, k-carrageenan polymer was used as supporting material for the proper/unreleased silver nanoparticles that showed strong antimicrobial activity against six pathogenic bacteria and yeast. The bio-extract of the pupa of green bottle fly was used as the main agent for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles. The qualitative investigation of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles was determined using UV-Vis spectrophotometric analysis; however, the size of nanoparticles was in range of 30–100 nm, as confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and particle size analyzer. The proper integration of silver nanoparticles into the polymeric substrate was also characterized through fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), SEM, and tensile strength. The antimicrobial activity of k-carrageenan/silver nanoparticles against Gram positive, Gram negative, and yeast pathogens was highly effective. These results indicate the probable exploitation of the polymeric/nanoparticles composite as an extra stage in water purification systems in homes or even at water treatment plants.

One green bottle

2012 ◽  
Vol 97 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A8.3-A9
Author(s):  
S Khan ◽  
B Perraju ◽  
TG Powell
Keyword(s):  
Green Bottle

Antennal sensilla of the green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 3843-3850 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Zhang ◽  
X. H. Liu ◽  
X. Y. Li ◽  
M. Zhang ◽  
K. Li
Keyword(s):  
Lucilia Sericata ◽  
Antennal Sensilla ◽  
Green Bottle

scholarly journals Wound Myiasis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 1192-1193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Namazi ◽  
Mohammad Kazem M. K. Fallahzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Squamous Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Squamous Cell ◽  
Lucilia Sericata ◽  
Healthy Male ◽  
Dermatology Department ◽  
Large Ulcer ◽  
Male Farmer ◽  
Green Bottle ◽  
Wound Myiasis

A 60-year-old, otherwise healthy, male farmer presented to our Dermatology Department with a large ulcer on his lower right leg. The lesion had started as a small papule 6 months before, which became eroded and transformed into a rather rapidly progressive ulcer. On careful inspection, numerous larvae were found moving within the wound. The larvae were analyzed and found to be Lucilia sericata (the green bottle blowfly). The lesion was diagnosed histopathologically as squamous cell carcinoma. The myiasis was treated by submerging the wound in a dilute permanganate potassium solution.

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