Pyrazines from bacteria and ants: convergent chemistry within an ecological niche
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20953-6
Abstract: Ants use pheromones to coordinate their communal activity. Volatile pyrazines, for instance, mediate food resource gathering and alarm behaviors in different ant species. Here we report that leaf-cutter ant-associated bacteria produce a family of pyrazines… read more here.
Keywords: convergent chemistry; chemistry; pyrazines bacteria; bacteria ants ... See more keywords