Kayla WilsonENTO 322 ‐ Writing Assignment 2: Evaluate an AbstractAnswer the following questions by paraphrasing the abstract (summary) of the linked article. You may overwrite or delete the lines as needed, but you should stick to the space provided (it won’t take many words to answer the question completely). Remember to save your completed document with your name and the assignment name. Save the file in the .doc or .docx file format. Your cooperation will ease my grading considerably, so thank you in advance for complying. 1.“Why was this study performed?” There is a lacking in adequate management strategies and fundamental knowledge on stable flies, Stomoxys Calcitrans for pastured cattle. 2. “What did the authors do?” A study was conducted where bacteria were isolated and identified from a natural stable fly oviposition/developmental habitat, and their individual effect on stable fly oviposition response and larval development was evaluated. 3. “What did the authors find?” Stable flies laid greater numbers of eggs on a substrate with an active microbial community (> 95% of total eggs oviposited) than on a sterilized substrate. Of ninebacterial strains evaluated in the oviposition bioassays, Citrobacter freundii stimulated oviposition to the greatest extent. C. freundii also sustained stable fly development.4. “What do the results mean?” The results demonstrated a stable fly bacterial symbiosis, meaning that stable fly larval development depends on a live microbial community in the natural habitat. Stable fly females are capable of selecting an oviposition site based on the microbially derived stimuli that indicate the suitability of the substrate for larval development.Kayla Wilson5. “What is the overarching hypothesis?” If stable fly development is dependent on a microbial community in the natural habitat, then stable fly development will flourish with bacterial
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