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Symbiotic yeasts of a bark beetle transform major tree defenses into beetle protectants
Ana Patricia Baños-Quintana, Leandro Santiago Padilla, Michael Reichelt…·Maximilian Lehenberger
The paper shows that symbiotic yeasts in bark beetles convert tree defenses into antimicrobial compounds that protect the beetles.
DOI 10.64898/2026.07.04.736475