(Phys.org) —Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Great Britain have discovered that the bug known as the giant lime green stick insect (Diapherodes gigantea) has microbes in its gut that are able to thwart bacteria that the insect has never been exposed to before. This suggests, the BBC reports, that the insect has some sort of general mechanism in its gut that allows it to stave off infections by a wide variety of bacteria.
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