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Ants used antibiotics long before humans did


Ants used antibiotics long before humans did
Canadian scientists have found that Attine ants, mainly found in the tropics, use bacteria to make antibiotics from fungus. Scientists now think that these ants may help them in discovering how to stop diseases which resist antibiotics.
22 APRIL 1999
The National Post
22 APRIL 1999

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