Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Konrad, Matthias ^a   Vyleta, Meghan L ^a   Theis, Fabian J ^b   Stock, Miriam ^a   Tragust, Simon ^a,c   Klatt, Martina ^a,c   Drescher, Verena ^c   Marr, Carsten ^b   Ugelvig, Line V ^a   Cremer, Sylvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; DEFENSIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPHENOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; GENE CONTROL; GROOMING; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HERD IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; METARHIZIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATHEPSIN L; DEFENSINS; IMMUNITY, ACTIVE; IMMUNITY, HERD; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT PROTEINS; METARHIZIUM; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84860004854     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001300     Document Type: Article

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