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[quote]A humble wasp learned how to use sophisticated antibiotics millions of years before the invention of penicillin, research has shown.
Digger wasps of the family Philanthus, also known as "beewolves", harness beneficial bacteria to manufacture a cocktail of drugs that protect its larvae from infection.
Scientists who made the discovery believe it could assist the development of new agents to combat human "superbugs".
The era of antibiotics began in 1928 when Alexander Fleming spotted how penicillin produced by green mold killed bacteria.
But long before, Philanthus wasps were coating their cocoons with antibiotics to fight off harmful microbes.
The insects not only evolved a method of manufacturing antibiotics, they used them in a highly effective way, said the scientists writing in the journal Nature Chemical Biology.
Just as human experts have learned to do, the wasps combine different drugs that work together to destroy many different organisms.
The German researchers found that beewolves teamed up with a type of bacteria called Streptomyces in a symbiotic relationship that benefited both species.
In exchange for having a home, the bugs produced a cocktail of nine different antibiotics effective against a broad range of harmful bacteria and fungi.
Invading fungal mold and harmful bacteria are major threats to the wasp larvae. Conditions in the warm and humid wasps' nests, which contain large amounts of organic material in the form of prey food, make them breeding grounds for infection.[/quote]
Nature being itself as usual, good good.
Good now manufacture it and get rid of Super TB.
Well, shit...
Motherfucking wasps, nasty things, can't stand 'em, or bees. Eww.
I don't care if they developed time travel and lasers before us, I'l still be slapping those bastards during the summer.
[QUOTE=bravehat;20479612]I don't care if they developed time travel and lasers before us, I'l still be slapping those bastards during the summer.[/QUOTE]
i don't think you'd fuck with them if they controlled time travel
they could sting your mom during the conception of you, and you'd not be born
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wait don't wasps bite people? whatever
[QUOTE=Gummylamb;20479638]i don't think you'd fuck with them if they controlled time travel
they could sting your mom during the conception of you, and you'd not be born
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wait don't wasps bite people? whatever[/QUOTE]
Wasps Teabag you.
Wasps piss you off and try and fly in your cider :v: silly bastards don't know that they'll drown
[QUOTE=bravehat;20479910]Wasps piss you off and try and fly in your cider :v: silly bastards don't know that they'll drown[/QUOTE]
Those arent Wasps, those are called Yellow Jackets. Lrn2Bugs
I've had wasps, try and get in my drink at sonisphere last year, don't challenge me on this.
That's a stinging discovery.
[QUOTE=M23;20480454]That's a stinging discovery.[/QUOTE]
explain?
You know that movie with the intelligent shark, deep blue sea?
Sequel -
GIANT FUCKING WASP
Oh wow, 1x Late of Humanity 1x Zing for wasps.
Or is that 1x [I]Sting.[/I]
[QUOTE=Shibbey;20480637]Oh wow, 1x Late of Humanity 1x Zing for wasps.
Or is that 1x [I]Sting.[/I][/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=M23;20480454]That's a stinging discovery.[/QUOTE]
That pun wasp terrible.
[QUOTE=Shibbey;20480637]Oh wow, 1x Late of Humanity 1x Zing for wasps.
Or is that 1x [I]Sting.[/I][/QUOTE]
This man knows how to use his puns.
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;20480616]You know that movie with the intelligent shark, deep blue sea?
Sequel -
GIANT FUCKING WASP[/QUOTE]
that movie was entertaining
[QUOTE=Shibbey;20480637]Oh wow, 1x Late of Humanity 1x Zing for wasps.
Or is that 1x [I]Sting.[/I][/QUOTE]
I don't know, but that pun is 1x [i]shit[/i].
Insects are much smarter than we think, you know.
[QUOTE=Eli Vance;20481332]Insects are much smarter than we think, you know.[/QUOTE]
Yeah except for the part where they're not
There is actually only 1 wasp. The rest are clones that time travel.
Thread title of the year.
[QUOTE=Mr.2007;20488662]Thread title of the year.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was thinking "The band?"
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And I didn't realize it wasn't until the third line of the OP for some reason
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