Maternal and Environmental Effects on Symbiont-Mediated Antimicrobial Defense

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 978-988

  Koehler, Sabrina ^a   Kaltenpoth, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Crabronidae; Defensive symbiosis; Environmental effects; Hymenoptera; Long term protection; Microbial secondary metabolite; Parental investment; Resource allocation; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COCOON; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HIBERNATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PATHOGEN; POPULATION SIZE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SECRETION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRABRONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; PHILANTHUS TRIANGULUM; STREPTOMYCES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); STREPTOMYCES; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBONS; LARVA; STREPTOMYCES; SYMBIOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WASPS;

EID: 84881375176     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-013-0304-1     Document Type: Article

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