zenkat on Nostr: Targeted treatment of injured nestmates with antimicrobial compounds in an ant ...
Targeted treatment of injured nestmates with antimicrobial compounds in an ant society.
"Here we show that M. analis can determine when wounds are infected and treat them accordingly. By applying a variety of antimicrobial compounds and proteins secreted from the metapleural gland to infected wounds, workers reduce the mortality of infected individuals by 90% ... Injured workers are carried back to the nest where other workers treat their wounds, by licking and grooming the wound during the first three hours after injury. When the wounds of injured workers are not treated by nestmates, 90% of the injured workers die within 24 h after injury, but the mechanisms behind these treatments are unknown ... We describe the use of the metapleural gland to treat infected wounds and quantify its content, identifying 112 chemical compounds and 41 proteins in the gland’s secretion, half of which have antimicrobial or wound healing properties."
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43885-w
"Here we show that M. analis can determine when wounds are infected and treat them accordingly. By applying a variety of antimicrobial compounds and proteins secreted from the metapleural gland to infected wounds, workers reduce the mortality of infected individuals by 90% ... Injured workers are carried back to the nest where other workers treat their wounds, by licking and grooming the wound during the first three hours after injury. When the wounds of injured workers are not treated by nestmates, 90% of the injured workers die within 24 h after injury, but the mechanisms behind these treatments are unknown ... We describe the use of the metapleural gland to treat infected wounds and quantify its content, identifying 112 chemical compounds and 41 proteins in the gland’s secretion, half of which have antimicrobial or wound healing properties."
npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 (npub1zdp…vqv8)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43885-w