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| Title |
Metarhizium anisopliae infection alters feeding and trophallactic behavior in the ant Solenopsis invicta
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| Published in |
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jip.2016.05.005 |
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| Authors |
Hua-Long Qiu, Li-Hua Lu, M.P. Zalucki, Yu-Rong He |
| Abstract |
In social insects, social behavior may be changed in a way that preventing the spread of pathogens. We infected workers of the ant Solenopsis invicta with an entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae and then videotaped and/or measured worker feeding and trophallactic behavior. Results showed that fungal infected S. invicta enhanced their preference for bitter alkaloid chemical quinine on 3 days after inoculation, which might be self-medication of S. invicta by ingesting more alkaloid substances in response to pathogenic infection. Furthermore, infected ants devoted more time to trophallactic behavior with their nestmates on 3 days post inoculation, in return receiving more food. Increased interactions between exposed ants and their naive nestmates suggest the existence of social immunity in S. invicta. Overall, our study indicates that S. invicta may use behavioral defenses such as self-medication and social immunity in response to a M. anisopliae infection. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 44 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 18% |
| Researcher | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 23 | 52% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 July 2016.
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#7,355,930
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Outputs from Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
#383
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#109,178
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
#2
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