A common antifungal defense strategy in Cryptocercus woodroaches and termites

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Bulmer, M S ^a   Denier, D ^a   Velenovsky, J ^a   Hamilton, C ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eusociality; GNBP; Immune genes; Social immunity; Social insects; 1,3 Glucanase

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUSOCIALITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SECRETION; TERMITE;

CRYPTOCERCUS; CRYPTOCERCUS PUNCTULATUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PARCOBLATTA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 84867573592     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-012-0241-y     Document Type: Article

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