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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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This image shows the distribution of symbiont cells (white spots) and the antibiotics they produce (false-color heatmap) on the surface of a beewolf cocoon (Philanthus triangulum).

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Martin Kaltenpoth and Aleš Svatoš, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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