Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

By M. Poulsen, A. N. Bot, M. Nielsen, J. Boomsma. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2002

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Subfields: Genetics, Insect Science

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• Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leaf-cutting ants (2002, unknown): “The results obtained by Ortius-Lechner et al. (2000), Poulsen et al. (2002b) and in the present study clearly show that the metapleural gland defence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants is both elaborate and effective.”
• Evidence for collective medication in ants (2003, background): “…including antibiotic-producing symbionts (Currie et al. 1999), allogrooming (Rosengaus et al. 1998), antibiotic secretions (Rosengaus et al. 2000; Poulsen et al. 2002), removal of wastes and corpses (Hart & Ratnieks 2001), and immune defences (Moret & Schmid-Hempel 2000; Traniello et al. 2002).”