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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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Publié dans:Proc Biol Sci
Auteurs principaux: Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes, Nash, David R., Higginbotham, Sarah, Estrada, Catalina, van Zweden, Jelle S., d'Ettorre, Patrizia, Wcislo, William T., Boomsma, Jacobus J.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2015
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Accès en ligne: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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