How fungus-farming ants might help us develop new antibiotics
Scientists from the University of East Anglia are trying to develop new antibiotics for humans from the bacteria leafcutter ants are carrying on their bodies to protect the fungus they farm from other microbes.
Music: Kai Engel
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How fungus-farming ants might help us develop new antibiotics