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Bacterial exposure leads to variable mortality but not a measurable increase in surface antimicrobials across ant species

Social insects have co-existed with microbial species for millions of years and have evolved a diversity of collective defenses, including the use of antimicrobials. While many studies have revealed strategies that ants use against microbial entomopathogens, and several have shown ant-produced compo...

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Autores principales: Halawani, Omar, Dunn, Robert R., Grunden, Amy M., Smith, Adrian A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33344078
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10412