How insects domesticate bacteria: Symbiotic microbes' origin discovered after man impales hand on branch
Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Two years ago, a 71-year-old Indiana man impaled his hand on a branch after cutting down a dead crab apple tree, causing an infection that led University of Utah scientists to discover a new bacterium and solve a mystery about how bacteria came to live inside insects.