Acid, silk and grooming: alternative strategies in social immunity in ants?

Threat detection: contextual recognition and response to parasites by ants

(2014) Christopher Tranter et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Unifying external and internal immune defences

(2014) Oliver Otti et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Sanitizing the fortress: protection of ant brood and nest material by worker antibiotics

(2013) C. Tranter et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies

(2013) Simon Tragust et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Tolerating an infection: an indirect benefit of co-founding queen associations in the ant Lasius niger

(2013) Christopher D. Pull et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Antifungal activity in thrips soldiers suggests a dual role for this caste

(2012) C. Turnbull et al.   Biology Letters

Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison

(2012) Simon Tragust et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Chemical Composition of Metapleural Gland Secretions of Fungus-Growing and Non-fungus-growing Ants

(2012) Alexsandro S. Vieira et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

“It stings a bit but it cleans well”: Venoms of Hymenoptera and their antimicrobial potential

(2012) Sébastien J.M. Moreau   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Antibacterial properties of contact defensive secretions in neotropical Crematogaster ants

(2012) Y Quinet et al.   JOURNAL OF VENOMOUS ANIMALS AND TOXINS INCLUDING TROPICAL DISEASES

Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

(2012) Matthias Konrad et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Disease resistance in a weaver ant, Polyrhachis dives, and the role of antibiotic-producing glands

(2011) Peter Graystock et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The metapleural gland of ants

(2011) Sze Huei Yek et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Arboreality and the evolution of disease resistance in ants

(2011) THOMAS N. WALKER et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Preliminary List of Microfungi Found inParatrechina longicornis(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2011) Andre Rodrigues et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

Weaving resistance: silk and disease resistance in the weaver ant Polyrhachis dives

(2011) T. Fountain et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants

(2011) A. REBER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

From individual to collective immunity: The role of the venom as antimicrobial agent in the Stenogastrinae wasp societies

(2011) David Baracchi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Beyond the antipredatory defence: Honey bee venom function as a component of social immunity

(2011) David Baracchi et al.   TOXICON

Antimicrobial strength increases with group size: implications for social evolution

(2010) C. Turnbull et al.   Biology Letters

Trophallaxis and prophylaxis: social immunity in the carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus

(2010) C. Hamilton et al.   Biology Letters

Ant farmers practice proactive personal hygiene to protect their fungus crop

(2010) Citlalli Morelos-Juárez et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Caste specialization in behavioral defenses against fungus garden parasites in Acromyrmex octospinosus leaf-cutting ants

(2010) D. Abramowski et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Investigating the mechanisms for the opposing pH relationships of fungal and bacterial growth in soil

(2010) Johannes Rousk et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Antimicrobial activities of components of the glandular secretions of leaf cutting ants of the genus Atta

(2009) Adriana de Lima Mendonça et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

(2009) J. Rousk et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Network structure and parasite transmission in a group living lizard, the gidgee skink, Egernia stokesii

(2009) Stephanie S. Godfrey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Adaptive social immunity in leaf-cutting ants

(2009) T. N. Walker et al.   Biology Letters

Mortality of Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers in contact with colony waste from different plant sources

(2009) F.G. Lacerda et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Differences in venom and cuticular peptides in individuals of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) determined by MALDI-TOF MS

(2009) David Baracchi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants

(2009) W. O. H. Hughes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

(2009) H. Fernandez-Marin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Social management of LPS-induced inflammation in Formica polyctena ants

(2008) A. Aubert et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Chemical and genetic defenses against disease in insect societies

(2008) Adam Stow et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Immune response affects ant trophallactic behaviour

(2008) Danival José de Souza et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Antimicrobial Defense and Persistent Infection in Insects

(2008) E. R. Haine et al.   SCIENCE

Defense mechanism of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, to entomopathogenic fungi

(2007) Aya Yanagawa et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY