Gut microbes help packrats eat poison
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A packrat's gut microbes help the animal survive after eating toxins from plants such as creosote and juniper, a new study shows.
Kevin Kohl/Univ. of Utah
A packrat's gut microbes help the animal survive after eating toxins from plants such as creosote and juniper, a new study shows.
Kevin Kohl/Univ. of Utah