Antimicrobial activities of components of the glandular secretions of leaf cutting ants of the genus Atta

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-303

  de Lima Mendonça, Adriana ^a   Silva, Carlos Eduardo ^a   de Mesquita, Fernando Lucas Torres ^a   da Silva Campos, Rousseau ^a   Do Nascimento, Ruth R ^a   de Azevedo Ximenes, Eulália Camelo Pessoa ^b   Sant' Ana, Antônio Euzébio G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Mandibular and metapleural gland secretions

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTANONE; 3 OCTANONE; 4 METHYL 2 HEPTANONE; 4 METHYLHEPTAN 3 OL; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; GERANIOL; HEPTANOL; HEXANE; HEXANOIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID; KETONE; OCTANOIC ACID; PHENYLACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXOCRINE GLAND; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; METAPLEURAL GLAND; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXANOIC ACIDS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; KETONES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PHENYLACETATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERPENES;

ATTA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64249168427     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9312-0     Document Type: Article

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