Black Soldier Fly Larvae Antimicrobial Activity Across Diets and Extracts

Acetic acid extracts from black soldier fly larvae reared on market waste showed 17.00 ± 0.87 mm inhibition zones against Staphylococcus aureus. This dataset underpins a thesis investigating the larvae's antimicrobial potential against ESKAPE pathogens, with biomass extracted using hexane, methanol, or acetic acid and tested via disc diffusion, MIC, MBC, and time-kill assays. Author Mach Achuoth published the data on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare antimicrobial efficacy of different organic waste diets (pig/rabbit manure, market/potato waste) on larval bioactivity.
• Identify key bioactive compounds like lauric acid based on GC–MS analysis results.
• Evaluate time-dependent antibacterial effects using results from time-kill assays.
• Associate gut microbiota profiles (e.g., Lysinibacillus sphaericus) with observed antimicrobial potency.

Strengths

• Includes specific quantitative results like inhibition zone diameters (e.g., 17.00 ± 0.87 mm) and MIC/MBC values (25–50 mg/mL).
• Tests activity against a defined panel of Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (E. coli, P. aeruginosa) pathogens.
• Data is associated with a formal thesis and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 3.7 MB size suggests a small dataset, potentially limiting statistical power.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Larvae were reared on different organic waste substrates in controlled conditions, biomass was extracted and tested using biological assays (disc diffusion, MIC, MBC, time-kill) and GC–MS.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 14:20:42; freshness should be verified.