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3. Incubate the plates in the dark for 48 h in a moist chamber at 25 ◦ C.<br />

4. Measure fungal growth by detecting culture absorbency in a microplate reader<br />

(600 nm). A control of the growth can be performed after 24 h using a photonic<br />

microscope.<br />

4. Notes<br />

1. If the solution is yellowish discard it.<br />

2. To kill E. coli D31, ciprofloxacin, which belong to the group of fluroquinolones,<br />

may be used as a positive control antibiotic.<br />

3. Experimental infections, tissue collection, extraction conditions, purification<br />

procedures, and strategies for determining the primary structure of the natural<br />

bioactive peptides should be adapted to the animal model (size, rarity, possibility<br />

to conduct molecular biology investigations, availability of EST, and genomic<br />

databases, etc.) considered and to the complexity of the bioactive peptide.<br />

4. Different microorganisms or parasites are used as inducers of the immune<br />

response of invertebrates. Constituents of the bacterial membrane may also be<br />

considered as successful inducers. Nevertheless, they may not develop the full<br />

immune response, limiting the possibility to recover all the armamentarium build<br />

by the invertebrate to fight off an infection (34).<br />

5. A relevant set of not experimentally infected individuals (control) is required for<br />

differential analysis by MALDI-TOF-MS or RP-HPLC in order to discriminate<br />

between immune-induced molecules and constitutively present substances (19).<br />

This is a prerequisite when no in vitro assays are used to select the bioactive<br />

peptides from the immune system of the model invertebrate investigated.<br />

6. Working on an animal model with a limited volume of hemolymph (

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