Coffe Berry Borer (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Coffe Berry Borer

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A coffee berry borer (lower left) sits atop a coffee bean, which is its sole source of food and shelter. The beetle thrives in the toxic, caffeine-rich bean thanks to the microbes in its gut, shown in the green microscopy image. A schematic of a caffeine molecule is also shown.

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Berkeley Lab

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