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Moth gut bacteria could help create new antibiotics

This benevolent bacteria fends off deadly microbial invaders S. Thiessen, MPI for Chemical Ecology The cotton leafworm, Spodoptera Littoralis, holds a bacterium in its gut capable of fending off unwanted, deadly microbes. Moths are herbivores. The last thing they want are tiny bugs in their bellies....

 

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