Dual strategies in ant social immunity: Chemical diversity and pathogen specificity in antimicrobial defense
Mary K. Chon, Darmon Kahvazadeh, Clint A. Penick
This study investigates how ants use chemically diverse and pathogen-specific antimicrobial compounds to combat disease in social settings, finding that five out of six tested species inhibit the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2025 · PreprintEcology