Wasps' gut microbes help them—and their offspring—survive pesticides
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Exposure to the widely used pesticide atrazine leads to heritable changes in the gut microbiome of wasps, finds a study publishing February 4 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. Additionally, the altered microbiome confers atrazine resistance, which is inherited across successive generations not exposed to the pesticide.