Cross kingdom conflicts on a beetle's back

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Madison-Wisconsin have discovered how beetles and bacteria form a symbiotic and mutualistic relationship—one that ultimately results in the destruction of pine forests. In addition, they've identified the specific molecule that drives this whole phenomenon.

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