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Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F15%3A00444198" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/15:00444198 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/60076658:12310/15:43888722

  • Result on the web

    <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122533" target="_blank" >http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122533</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122533" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0122533</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants

  • Original language description

    Termites and ants contribute more to animal biomass in tropical rain forests than any other single group and perform vital ecosystem functions. Although ants prey on termites, at the community level the linkage between these groups is poorly understood.Thus, assessing the distribution and specificity of ant termitophagy is of considerable interest. We describe an approach for quantifying ant-termite food webs by sequencing termite DNA (cytochrome c oxidase subunit II, COII) from ant guts and apply thisto a soil-dwelling ant community from tropical rain forest in Gabon. We extracted DNA from 215 ants from 15 species. Of these, 17.2 % of individuals had termite DNA in their guts, with BLAST analysis confirming the identity of 34.1 % of these termites to family level or better. Although ant species varied in detection of termite DNA, ranging from 63% (5/7; Camponotus sp. 1) to 0% (0/7; Ponera sp. 1), there was no evidence (with small sample sizes) for heterogeneity in termite consumptio

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    EH - Ecology - communities

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2015

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    PLoS ONE

  • ISSN

    1932-6203

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    10

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    4

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    10

  • Pages from-to

  • UT code for WoS article

    000352478400070

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-84928963677