External immunity in ant societies: sociality and colony size do not predict investment in antimicrobials
| العنوان: | External immunity in ant societies: sociality and colony size do not predict investment in antimicrobials |
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| المؤلفون: | Margarita M. López-Uribe, Stephanie L. Mathews, Omar Halawani, Robert R. Dunn, Adrian Smith, Clint A. Penick, Bria Pearson |
| المصدر: | Royal Society Open Science Royal Society Open Science, Vol 5, Iss 2 (2018) Penick, C A, Halawani, O, Pearson, B, Mathews, S, López-uribe, M M, Dunn, R R & Smith, A A 2018, ' External immunity in ant societies: sociality and colony size do not predict investment in antimicrobials ', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 171332 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171332 |
| بيانات النشر: | The Royal Society, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 0106 biological sciences, 0301 basic medicine, medicine.drug_class, Antibiotics, Zoology, ants, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, antibiotics, 03 medical and health sciences, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Immunity, medicine, social immunity, entomopathogens, lcsh:Science, Clade, Pathogen, Sociality, social insects, Multidisciplinary, biology, fungi, Biology (Whole Organism), biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, biology.organism_classification, Antimicrobial, ANT, 030104 developmental biology, antimicrobial secretions, lcsh:Q, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Social insects live in dense groups with a high probability of disease transmission and have therefore faced strong pressures to develop defences against pathogens. For this reason, social insects have been hypothesized to invest in antimicrobial secretions as a mechanism of external immunity to prevent the spread of disease. However, empirical studies linking the evolution of sociality with increased investment in antimicrobials have been relatively few. Here we quantify the strength of antimicrobial secretions among 20 ant species that cover a broad spectrum of ant diversity and colony sizes. We extracted external compounds from ant workers to test whether they inhibited the growth of the bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis . Because all ant species are highly social, we predicted that all species would exhibit some antimicrobial activity and that species that form the largest colonies would exhibit the strongest antimicrobial response. Our comparative approach revealed that strong surface antimicrobials are common to particular ant clades, but 40% of species exhibited no antimicrobial activity at all. We also found no correlation between antimicrobial activity and colony size. Rather than relying on antimicrobial secretions as external immunity to control pathogen spread, many ant species have probably developed alternative strategies to defend against disease pressure. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 2054-5703 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::57193463c06bb6d11c8c5a5416674995 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171332 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....57193463c06bb6d11c8c5a5416674995 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 20545703 |
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