| Blochmannia endosymbionts and their host, the ant Camponotus fellah: Cuticular hydrocarbons and melanization. | |
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PMID: 21943523 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Carpenter ants (genus Camponotus) have mutualistic, endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Blochmannia whose main contribution to their hosts is alimentary. It was also recently demonstrated that they play a role in improving immune function as well. In this study, we show that treatment with an antibiotic produces a physiological response inducing an increase in both the quantity of cuticular hydrocarbons and in the melanization of the cuticle probably due to a nutritive and immunological deficit. We suggest that this is because it enhances the protection the cuticle provides from desiccation and also from invasions by pathogens and parasites. Nevertheless, the cuticular hydrocarbon profile is not modified by the antibiotic treatment, which indicates that nestmate recognition is not modified. |
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Danival José de Souza; Séverine Devers; Alain Lenoir |
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Type: - Date: 2011-8-24 |
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Title: Comptes rendus biologies Volume: 334 ISSN: 1768-3238 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-9-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140040 Medline TA: C R Biol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 737-741 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Académie des sciences. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved. |
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IRBI, institut de recherche sur la biologie de l'insecte, UMR CNRS 6035, université François-Rabelais, parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France; Fundação Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus Universitário de Gurupi, Rua Badejós, 77402-970, Gurupi, TO, Brazil. |
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