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Czech Scientists Discover Effective Metabolic Cooperation in the Gut of a Bark Beetle

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The spruce bark beetle has its own enzymes that break down cellulose, the main building block of wood. Until now, scientists assumed that this work was mainly done by fungi. An international team led by experts from the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic also revealed effective metabolic cooperation in the gut of the bark beetle between bacteria, fungi and the beetle itself. Eliška Hadravová from the Cente…
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The spruce bark beetle has its own enzymes that break down cellulose, the main building block of wood. Until now, scientists assumed that this work was mainly done by fungi. An international team led by experts from the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic also revealed effective metabolic cooperation in the gut of the bark beetle between bacteria, fungi and the beetle itself. Eliška Hadravová from the Cente…

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Ekolist.cz broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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