Table 1 General characteristics of studies on Salmonella persistence in complete metamorphosis insects.

From: A systematic review of experimental studies on Salmonella persistence in insects

Insect order

Insect genus

Insect species

Insect life cycle stage

Temperature of insect farming (°C)

Experiment environment

Feed

Salmonella serotype

Contamination procedure

Country

Author

Coleoptera

Alphitobius

diaperinus

L

NR

NR

Non-medicated broiler starter crumbles

Typhimurium

CFI

US

40

L, P, A

30 °C

Snap-cap tube

Wheat bran, deionized water, apple, fishmeal

Typhimurium

CFI

US

21

L, A

NR

Glass containers

Rat feed and water

Paratyphi B Variant Java

DBI

NL

41

L, A

NR

Petri dish

Chicken feed

Typhimurium

CFI

US

20

L, A

27 °C

Plastic boxes (5.5 cm diameter x 6.0 cm high)*

Corn and soybean meal, without antibiotics

Enteritidis

CFI

BR

22

Carcinops

pumilio

A

NR

Sterile petri dish

House fly eggs

Enteritidis (D + )

CFI

US

31

Tenebrio

molitor

L

25.5 °C

Aluminum foil tray (19 cm × 12.5 cm × 4.5 cm, 1 L)*

Spent grain

Typhimurium DT12

CFI

DK

24

L

28 °C

Aluminum tray (5 × 17 × 24 cm, 2 L)*

Wheat bran and carrot slices

Enteritidis; Typhimurium; Infantis

CFI

BE

11

Diptera

Calliphora

vicina

L, P, A

27 °C

Flask (1 L)*

Chick embryo

Typhimurium

CFI

US

51

Haematobia

irritans

A

27 °C

Cylindrical cage (11.43 × 7.62 cm)*

Citrated bovine blood

Montevideo

CFI

US

32

P, A

28 °C

Cup covered with facial tissue*

Dung

Montevideo

CFI

US

14

A

NR

Square cage made of Plexiglas

Blood meal

Montevideo; Anatum; Senftenberg

CFI

US

52

Hermetia

illucens

L

27 °C

Box (10 cm × 15 cm)*

Chicken feed

Typhimurium; Infantis

CFI

BE

18

L

23-27-32 °C

Plastic cup (473 ml)*

Chicken manure

Enteritidis

CFI

US

23

Musca

domestica

L, P

35–36 °C

Erlenmeyer flask

CSMA (wheat bran, alfalfa meal, brewers’ grain

Enteritidis; Paratyphi B; Typhi

CFI

US

25

L, P

28 °C

Test tubes

NR

Schottmuller; Typhimurium; Typhi

CCS

CZ

13

L, P, A

25 °C

Plastic cup (520 ml)*

Fresh poultry manure

Enteritidis

CFI

DK

53

P, A

NR

Chicken laying cages*

Chicken feed and feces

Enteritidis

CFI

US

26

A

22–24 °C

Jar (50 ml)

Brain hearth infusion with kanamycin and ampicillin

Typhimurium SR-11

DBI

US

54

A

25–27 °C

Plastic canister and jar (946 ml)*

Manure

Typhimurium

CFI

US

55

A

25 °C

Vial

5% milk / 5% sucrose solution

Typhimurium

CFI

US

12

Phaenicia

sericata

A

25 °C

Vial

5% milk / 5% sucrose solution

Typhimurium

CFI

US

12

Phormia

regina

P

5 °C 26 °C

Erlenmeyer flask

Larval medium (casein, yeast, powdered agar, lanolin, and Belar solution with phosphate)

Schottmuller (now Paratyphi B); Typhimurium

CFI during larval stage

US

19

Protophormia

terrae-novae

L, P

28 °C

Test tubes

NR

Schottmuller; Typhimurium; Typhi

CCS

CZ

13

Hemiptera

Myzus

persicae

A

NR

Microcentrifuge tubes

Synthetic liquid diet, lettuce

Cubana; Enteritidis; Newport; Poona; Schwarzengrun; Baildon; Mbandaka

CFI

US

56

Lepidoptera

Galleria

mellonella

L

37 °C

Wood chip

No feed

Typhimurium

DI

UK

57

L

37 °C

NR

NR

Typhimurium

DBI

UK

15

  1. In experiment environment, the asterisk (*) means the insect farming was conducted in places different from laboratory equipment and employed a high number of insects.
  2. NR not reported, CFI contaminated feed ingestion, DBI direct bacterial suspension ingestion, DI direct inoculation, CCS contact with contaminated substrate, L larva, P pupa, A adult, US United States of America, NL Netherlands, BR Brazil, DK Denmark, BE Belgium, CZ Czech Republic, UK United Kingdom.