Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-19

  Poulsen, M ^a,c   Bot, A N M ^a,d   Currie, C R ^b,e   Boomsma, J J ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Defence; Escovopsis; Leaf cutting ants; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MUTUALISM;

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCOVOPSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036216402     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8271-5     Document Type: Article

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