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Super excited to share the results of one of my favorite projects, out now in PNAS! We uncovered the mechanism of protection against fungal pathogens in the aphid-Fukatsuia symbiosis. (1/2) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Heritable symbiont producing nonribosomal peptide confers extreme heat sensitivity and antifungal protection on its host | PNAS Insects frequently form associations with maternally transmitted symbiotic bacteria. This transmission mode ensures that symbiont-conferred effects... https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2509873122