PORTABLE PHARMACY. “The ants maintain their fungal gardens by providing plant material to the fungal crop, whereas the bacterial symbionts, which often localize with specialized anatomical structures on the ant, provide small-molecule chemical defenses that suppress microfungal pathogens in the genus Escovopsis and other potential competitors.” Actinobacteria make the majority of our antibiotics today.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022