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Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

Fungus-farming ant colonies vary four to five orders of magnitude in size. They employ compounds from actinomycete bacteria and exocrine glands as antimicrobial agents. Atta colonies have millions of ants and are particularly relevant for understanding hygienic strategies as they have abandoned thei...

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Pubblicato in:Proc Biol Sci
Autori principali: Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Nash, David R., Higginbotham, Sarah, Estrada, Catalina, van Zweden, Jelle S., d'Ettorre, Patrizia, Wcislo, William T., Boomsma, Jacobus J.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424645/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25925100
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0212
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