Symbiotic bacteria on the cuticle of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus protect workers from attack by entomopathogenic fungi

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-464

  Mattoso, Thalles C ^a   Moreira, Denise D O ^a   Samuels, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Defence mechanisms; Metarhizium anisopliae; Pathogen; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ACROMYRMEX SUBTERRANEUS SUBTERRANEUS; ACTINOBACTERIA; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 84861493960     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0963     Document Type: Article

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