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ArticleInsects2025

Effects of Low Benzoic Acid Concentrations on Growth and Substrate Utilization in Black Soldier Fly Larvae.

Thor Brødsted Christiansen, Niels Thomas Eriksen

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Thor Brødsted ChristiansenDepartment of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.
Niels Thomas EriksenDepartment of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0792-3601

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae are among the most widely mass-reared insects and develop in moist feed substrates where larvae and microorganisms jointly degrade organic matter but also compete for nutrients. Microbial activity introduces variability and often decreases substrate conversion efficiency (SCE), defined as the ratio of larval biomass produced to substrate consumed. Supplementing feed substrates with antimicrobial agents may suppress microbial activities and thereby enhance the SCE. In this study, BSF larvae were reared on chicken feed supplemented with 0-0.2% benzoic acid at either initial pH = 7.6 or pH ≤ 4, under varying larval densities. Larval weights and CO

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antimicrobial agentBSF larvaeHermetia illucenslarval densitynet growth efficiencysubstrate conversion efficiencysubstrate pHsubstrate reduction rate

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PMID41302902
PMCPMC12653391

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