From individual to collective immunity: The role of the venom as antimicrobial agent in the Stenogastrinae wasp societies

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-193

  Baracchi, David ^a   Mazza, Giuseppe ^a   Turillazzi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Herd immunity; Hover wasps; MALDI TOF; Social immunity; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; VENOM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MICROORGANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEPTIDE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THRESHOLD; VENOM; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NESTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VENOMS; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; STENOGASTRINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 84855200036     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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