“Its secretion contains 112 components, half of which have an antimicrobial or wound-healing effect.”
Matabele ants get hurt raiding termites. Nestmates detect infected wounds from changes in the cuticle’s hydrocarbon profile and dose them with gland secretions. Mortality of infected ants drops by 90 percent. The main pathogen is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the same bug that is outrunning our antibiotics.