Antimicrobial defences increase with sociality in bees

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 422-424

  Stow, Adam ^a   Briscoe, David ^a   Gillings, Michael ^a   Holley, Marita ^a   Smith, Shannon ^a   Leys, Remko ^b   Silberbauer, Tish ^a   Turnbull, Christine ^a   Beattie, Andrew ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Bee; Disease; Relatedness; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BEE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GROUP SIZE; PATHOGEN; RELATEDNESS; SECRETION; SELECTION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOCIAL INSECT;

AMEGILLA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE; EXONEURA; EXONEURELLA; HOST RESISTANCE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRIGONA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547879450     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0178     Document Type: Article

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