PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are a highly sociable and diversified groups of insects found in tropical regions. They coexist harmoniously with humans and are well-adapted to urban environment. Several studies have found that ants can carry pathogenic microbes in their environments and cause infect...
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| author | Thangavel Rajagopal Marimuthu Muthukatturaja Manickam Kaliswari Subbiah Selvarani Ponnirul Ponmanickam Subramanian Sevarkodiyone |
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| description | Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are a highly sociable and diversified groups of insects found in tropical regions. They coexist harmoniously with humans and are well-adapted to urban environment. Several studies have found that ants can carry pathogenic microbes in their environments and cause infections / spread pathogens. The present study aimed to identify and characterize bacterial biomes presence on the body surface of the Ponerine ant, Leptogenys chinensis, collected from various wards at the Government Rajajii Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of nine bacterial isolates were isolated from the external body surface of the ants, among which 55.55 % were Gram-positive bacilli (Bacillus spp., Corynebacterium sp., and Paenibacillus spp.), 11.11 % were Gram-positive cocci (Staphylococcus sp.) and 33.33 % were Gram-negative bacilli (Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacter sp.), reportedly in hospitals around the world. The findings of the present investigation, Ponerine ants could carry Gram-positive bacilli, Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli bacteria. This emphasizes the significance of ants as mechanical vectors for the spread of pathogens in the hospital environments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23bb463112f74b20bf258405ef928f2e2024-12-12T07:29:32ZengZibeline InternationalActa Scientifica Malaysia2521-50512521-506X2023-02-0171313610.26480/asm.01.2023.31.36PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIAThangavel Rajagopal0Marimuthu Muthukatturaja1Manickam Kaliswari2Subbiah Selvarani3Ponnirul Ponmanickam4Subramanian Sevarkodiyone5Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College (Autonomous), Madurai-625009, Tamil Nadu, India.Department of Zoology, Nadar Mahajana Sangam S. Vellaichamy Nadar College (Autonomous), Madurai-625019, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, Thiagarajar College (Autonomous), Madurai-625009, Tamil Nadu, India.Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College (Autonomous), Madurai-625009, Tamil Nadu, India.Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Sivakasi-626123, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous), Sivakasi-626123, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAnts (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are a highly sociable and diversified groups of insects found in tropical regions. They coexist harmoniously with humans and are well-adapted to urban environment. Several studies have found that ants can carry pathogenic microbes in their environments and cause infections / spread pathogens. The present study aimed to identify and characterize bacterial biomes presence on the body surface of the Ponerine ant, Leptogenys chinensis, collected from various wards at the Government Rajajii Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of nine bacterial isolates were isolated from the external body surface of the ants, among which 55.55 % were Gram-positive bacilli (Bacillus spp., Corynebacterium sp., and Paenibacillus spp.), 11.11 % were Gram-positive cocci (Staphylococcus sp.) and 33.33 % were Gram-negative bacilli (Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacter sp.), reportedly in hospitals around the world. The findings of the present investigation, Ponerine ants could carry Gram-positive bacilli, Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacilli bacteria. This emphasizes the significance of ants as mechanical vectors for the spread of pathogens in the hospital environments.https://actascientificamalaysia.com/archives/ASM/1asm2023/1asm2023-31-36.pdfleptogenys chinensisgovernment rajaji hospitalpathogenic microorganismsstaphylococcus sp.mechanical vectors |
| spellingShingle | Thangavel Rajagopal Marimuthu Muthukatturaja Manickam Kaliswari Subbiah Selvarani Ponnirul Ponmanickam Subramanian Sevarkodiyone PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA Acta Scientifica Malaysia leptogenys chinensis government rajaji hospital pathogenic microorganisms staphylococcus sp. mechanical vectors |
| title | PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA |
| title_full | PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA |
| title_fullStr | PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA |
| title_short | PONERINE ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS VECTORS FOR BACTERIA IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA |
| title_sort | ponerine ant hymenoptera formicidae as vectors for bacteria in public health centre madurai tamil nadu india |
| topic | leptogenys chinensis government rajaji hospital pathogenic microorganisms staphylococcus sp. mechanical vectors |
| url | https://actascientificamalaysia.com/archives/ASM/1asm2023/1asm2023-31-36.pdf |
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