Microbes in the News


Prehistoric ants cultivated fungus

Article synopsis:
Two hundred species of ants "farm"fungus. Scientists are discovering how this symbiotic relationship evolved from it origins 50 million years ago.

Article citation:
"Ancient fungal farmers," Science News, Dec. 24, 1994, p. 431.



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