Bacterial spores hitch a ride on other microbes to deliver critical antibiotics
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This microscopic hitchhiker is a friend to both plants and humans

By Elizabeth PennisiMar. 22, 2021 , 12:45 PM

Alise Muok

Soil bacteria called Streptomyces are the guardian angels of the microbial world: They produce antibiotics that humans depend on and protect plants from harmful microbes. But because neither the bacteria nor their spores can move themselves around, researchers have long puzzled over how they find the plants they protect.