by Christoph — You have heard of the leaf-cut­ting ants that metic­u­lously cul­ti­vate "their" fungi which pro­vide them with nu­tri­ents, and that, in ad­di­tion, host acti­nobac­te­ria which pre­vent bac­te­r­ial and fun­gal in­fec­tions of their fungi as well as their own in­fec­tion by an en­to­mopath­o­genic fun­gus. No big sur­prise, other in­sects…