Metapleural gland secretion of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New compounds and their functional significance

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1667-1683

  Ortius Lechner, Diethe ^a,c   Maile, Roland ^b   David Morgan, E ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b School of Chemistry and Physics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acromyrmex octospinosus; Antibiotics; Carboxylic and fatty acids; Formicidae; Gas chromatography; Keto acids; Lactones; Leaf cutter ants; Mass spectrometry; Metapleural gland

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OXOACID;

ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS;

EID: 0033915312     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005543030518     Document Type: Article

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