Beewolf symbiosis: Protective shield for allies

PHYSorg
Jul 25, 2023, 1:11 pm165 pts
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, report in a new study in the journal PNAS that the symbiosis of beewolves with their bacterial helpers includes protection of the symbionts from toxic nitric oxide, which beewolf eggs…

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