2020
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10412
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Bacterial exposure leads to variable mortality but not a measurable increase in surface antimicrobials across ant species

Abstract: 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 compounds inhibit environmental bacterial growth, few studies have tested whether exposure to environmental bacteria represents a health threat to ants. We compare four ant species’ responses to exposure to Escherichia c… Show more

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