Antimicrobial secretions and social immunity in larval burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-745

  Arce, Andres N ^a   Smiseth, Per T ^b   Rozen, Daniel E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial secretion; Carrion beetle; Lysozyme; Nicrophorus vespilloides; Social immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CARRION; ENZYME; IMMUNITY; LARVA; SECRETION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS VESPILLOIDES; POSIBACTERIA; SILPHIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84884357283     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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