Defensive microbial symbionts in Hymenoptera

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-327

  Kaltenpoth, Martin ^a   Engl, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Beewolf; Defensive mutualism; Honeybee; Immune system; Leaf cutting ants; Parasitoid; Pathogen defence; Polydnavirus; Protective symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; FITNESS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENETICS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOCIAL INSECT; TAXONOMY; TOXIN; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84896039050     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12089     Document Type: Article

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