Baoyu Hu and Yoko Nakamura (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Baoyu Hu and Yoko Nakamura

Caption

Baoyu Hu and Yoko Nakamura with a culture of the fungus Cylindrobasidium ipidophilum, a symbiont of the bark beetle Ips typographus. The fungus is capable of neutralizing spruce defense compounds through ribosylation.

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Angela Overmeyer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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