Fungus farmers show way to new drugs
Date: 31.3.2009
Ant colonies could be key to advances in **biofuels** and **antibiotics**.
In a mutually beneficial symbiosis, leaf-cutting ants cultivate **fungus** gardens, providing both a safe home for the fungi and a food source for the ants. But this 50-million-year-old relationship also includes **microbes** that new research shows could help speed the quest to develop better antibiotics and biofuels.
"Nature":[ http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090329/full/458561a.html]
