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Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees

April 2009 Scientific American Magazine

Beetles' Saving Grace, Pest May Hold Key to Ethanol Production

Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Scott Geib, a post-doctoral fellow in Entomology was lead author of a study released last year that found a little-known fungus in the bug’s gut helps break down lignin, a natural polymer that helps plants stay upright and protects them from most forms of microbial attack.