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Table 2 Bacteria isolated from ants captured in a hospital in São Paulo county, March 2012 to February 2013

From: Ants as vectors of pathogenic microorganisms in a hospital in São Paulo county, Brazil

Microorganisms

Ants

Gram-negative bacilli

Gram-positive bacilli

Gram-positive cocci

Brachymyrmex spp.

1

0

0

Dorymyrmex spp.

2

3

0

M. floricola

5

4

7

Paratrechina spp.

1

33

3

Pheidole spp.

0

2

0