Bacteria that assist fungus-farming ants may be a source of new drugs
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
In the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, leaf-cutter ants carry fresh foliage back to their home colony. There, the partially digested leaves nourish a "garden" of white fungus that the ants cultivate to feed their larvae, their queen and other ants that never leave the nest.