Beewolves protect symbiont microbes from toxic gas release

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Source: Erhard Strohm, University of Regensburg

The symbiosis of these digger wasps with their bacterial helpers involves protecting the symbionts from toxic nitric oxide released by beewolf eggs to kill pathogens, research shows.

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